atPediatricGrandRounds
Friday March29,2024 12:30–1:30p.m.
Mt.Oxford
2ndFloorConferenceCenter
Children’sHospitalColorado orviaZoom:
https://bit.ly/PedsGR24
TestingNew Immunotherapies forChildrenwithCancer
“Engineeringand
BrentEleyFoundationLectureship
RobbieMajzner,MD
TheBrentEley Foundation Lectureship
TheBrentEleyFoundation Lectureship,inpartnership withBrent'sPlaceand Children'sHospitalColorado, isanannualprogram thathostsmedicalexperts fromaroundthecountry, encouragingshared knowledgeandcollaboration inserviceofadvancing treatmentoutcomes forfamiliesfacing amedicalcrisis.
RobbieMajzner,MD
Director,PediatricandYoungAdult CancerCellTherapyProgram
PediatricOncology, Dana-FarberCancerInstitute
Dana-Farber/BostonChildren'sCancer andBloodDisordersCenter
RobbieMajzner,MD,istheDirectorofthePediatricandYoung AdultCancerCellTherapyProgramatDanaFarberCancer Institute/BostonChildren’sHospital.Heisfocusedonthe developmentanddeploymentofimmunotherapiesfor pediatriccancer.HereceivedhisMDfromHarvardMedical SchoolfollowedbytraininginpediatricsatNewYork Presbyterian-Columbiaandpediatrichematology-oncologyat JohnsHopkinsandtheNationalCancerInstitute.Hisworkin thelaboratorycentersonengineeringplatformtechnologiesto improvetheefficacyofCARTcellsinsolidtumorsand overcometherapeuticresistance.Concurrently,heisfocused ontranslatinglaboratoryadvancesininnovativeclinicaltrials forchildrenwithincurablecancers.
AboutBrent’sPlace
Brent’sPlacewasfoundedbyDonnandLindaEleyas atributetotheirson,Brent,whowasdiagnosedwith rhabdomyosarcomaattheageofthirteenin1987.
Becauseofhisaggressiveandraretypeofpediatriccancer, Brentrequiredabonemarrowtransplant,thebestchancefor survival.However,nofacilityinhishometownwasableto providethistreatment,whichmeantthefamilywasforcedto relocatetoIowaformorethansixmonths.
Notonlyweretheyseparatedfromtheircommunityofsupport duringthemostchallengingtimeoftheirlives,thedifficult responsibilityoffindingandmaintainingasafeandclean"home awayfromhome"fortheirimmune-compromisedsonfellsquarely ontheirownshoulders.Thisburdenonlyaddedtothefinancial, psychological,andemotionaltolltheyfacedduringthismedical crisis.Sadly,followingabravefight,Brentpassedaway.
Thoughtheywereheartbroken,theEleyswerecommittedto helpingotherfamiliesexperiencingasimilarstruggle.They spentthenextnineyearsraisingfundsinsupportof pediatriccancerprogramsinBrent’shonor,andin1998, shortlyaftertheBrentEleyFoundationwasestablished, thefirstBrent'sPlacefacilityopeneditsdoors.Since then,wehaveprovidedaSafe-Cleanhomeaway fromhometothousandsoffamiliesfromaround thecountryandacrosstheglobe.Formore information,pleasevisitbrentsplace.org.
