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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

David W. Ellison is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research portfolio encompasses a variety of topics in medicine, with a particular emphasis on molecular biology, genetics, and cancer research. They have contributed extensively to the fields of glioma diagnosis and treatment, neuroblastoma research and treatments, and cancer genomics and diagnostics.

The main fields of study associated with their work include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Neurology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine are frequently addressed. Specific topics covered in their publications encompass:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management
  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment

David W. Ellison has published numerous articles in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Brain Pathology
  • Acta Neuropathologica
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent publications include:

  • "The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary" (2021), published in Neuro-Oncology
  • "cIMPACT-NOW update 6: new entity and diagnostic principle recommendations of the cIMPACT-Utrecht meeting on future CNS tumor classification and grading" (2020), published in Brain Pathology
  • "Integrated Molecular and Clinical Analysis of 1,000 Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas" (2020), published in Cancer Cell
  • "cIMPACT-NOW update 7: advancing the molecular classification of ependymal tumors" (2020), published in Brain Pathology
  • "St. Jude Cloud: A Pediatric Cancer Genomic Data-Sharing Ecosystem" (2021), published in Cancer Discovery

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Brent A. Orr
  • Amar Gajjar
  • Giles Robinson
  • Arzu Onar-Thomas
  • Thomas E. Merchant

Award recognitions include membership in the Association of American Physicians. This acknowledgment aligns with their contributions in medical research and related disciplines.

Best Publications

  • The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary.

    David N. Louis;Arie Perry;Guido Reifenberger;Andreas von Deimling

  • The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary.

    David N Louis;Arie Perry;Pieter Wesseling;Daniel J Brat

  • DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours

    David Capper;David Capper;David Capper;David T. W. Jones;Martin Sill;Volker Hovestadt

  • Molecular Subgroups of Medulloblastoma: The Current Consensus

    Michael D. Taylor;Paul A. Northcott;Andrey Korshunov;Marc Remke;Marc Remke

  • Somatic histone H3 alterations in pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas and non-brainstem glioblastomas

    Gang Wu;Alberto Broniscer;Troy A McEachron;Charles Lu

  • Replication of the neurochemical characteristics of Huntington's disease by quinolinic acid

    M F Beal;N W Kowall;D W Ellison;M F Mazurek

  • Germline Mutations in Predisposition Genes in Pediatric Cancer

    Jinghui Zhang;Michael F. Walsh;Gang Wu;Michael N. Edmonson

  • Molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma: an international meta-analysis of transcriptome, genetic aberrations, and clinical data of WNT, SHH, Group 3, and Group 4 medulloblastomas

    Marcel Kool;Andrey Korshunov;Marc Remke;Marc Remke;David T.W. Jones

  • Molecular Classification of Ependymal Tumors across All CNS Compartments, Histopathological Grades, and Age Groups

    Kristian W. Pajtler;Kristian W. Pajtler;Hendrik Witt;Martin Sill;David T.W. Jones

  • The genomic landscape of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma and pediatric non-brainstem high-grade glioma

    Gang Wu;Alexander K Diaz;Alexander K Diaz;Barbara S Paugh;Sherri L Rankin

  • Subgroup-specific structural variation across 1,000 medulloblastoma genomes

    Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;David J.H. Shih;John Peacock;Livia Garzia

  • New Brain Tumor Entities Emerge from Molecular Classification of CNS-PNETs

    Dominik Sturm;Dominik Sturm;Brent A. Orr;Umut H. Toprak;Volker Hovestadt

  • Subtypes of medulloblastoma have distinct developmental origins

    Paul Gibson;Yiai Tong;Giles Robinson;Margaret C. Thompson

  • Novel mutations target distinct subgroups of medulloblastoma

    Giles Robinson;Matthew Parker;Tanya A. Kranenburg;Charles Lu;Charles Lu

  • Integrated Genomics Identifies Five Medulloblastoma Subtypes with Distinct Genetic Profiles, Pathway Signatures and Clinicopathological Features

    Marcel Kool;Jan Koster;Jens Bunt;Nancy E. Hasselt

  • Whole-genome sequencing identifies genetic alterations in pediatric low-grade gliomas

    Jinghui Zhang;Gang Wu;Claudia P. Miller;Ruth G. Tatevossian

  • The genomic landscape of hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Linda Holmfeldt;Lei Wei;Ernesto Diaz-Flores;Michael Walsh

  • Prominin 1 marks intestinal stem cells that are susceptible to neoplastic transformation

    Liqin Zhu;Paul Gibson;D. Spencer Currle;Yiai Tong

  • International Society of Neuropathology-Haarlem Consensus Guidelines for Nervous System Tumor Classification and Grading

    David N. Louis;Arie Perry;Peter Burger;David W. Ellison

  • Integrated Molecular Genetic Profiling of Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas Reveals Key Differences With the Adult Disease

    Barbara S. Paugh;Chunxu Qu;Chris Jones;Zhaoli Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center
Richard J. Gilbertson
Richard J. Gilbertson University of Cambridge
Amar Gajjar
Amar Gajjar St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Andrey Korshunov
Andrey Korshunov German Cancer Research Center
Steven C. Clifford
Steven C. Clifford Newcastle University
Jinghui Zhang
Jinghui Zhang St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Thomas E. Merchant
Thomas E. Merchant St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Gang Wu
Gang Wu Washington University in St. Louis
Marcel Kool
Marcel Kool German Cancer Research Center
David T. W. Jones
David T. W. Jones German Cancer Research Center

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