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

Overview

Ian F. Pollack is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, with a focus on genetics and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields including genetics, molecular biology, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their research topics primarily cover glioma diagnosis and treatment, cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, chromatin remodeling and cancer, neuroblastoma research and treatments, spinal dysraphism and malformations, fetal and pediatric neurological disorders, and craniofacial disorders and treatments.

Ian F. Pollack has published in prominent venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Nature Cancer
  • Cancers

Notable recent papers include:

  • Efficacy of High-Dose Chemotherapy and Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation for Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Trial ACNS0333, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Children's Oncology Group Phase III Trial of Reduced-Dose and Reduced-Volume Radiotherapy With Chemotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Average-Risk Medulloblastoma, 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Efficacy of Carboplatin and Isotretinoin in Children With High-risk Medulloblastoma, 2021, JAMA Oncology
  • Failure of human rhombic lip differentiation underlies medulloblastoma formation, 2022, Nature
  • Chitinase-3-like 1 protein complexes modulate macrophage-mediated immune suppression in glioblastoma, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation

The scientist works frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Sameer Agnihotri
  • John R. W. Kestle
  • Gary Kohanbash
  • Baoli Hu
  • Mandeep S. Tamber

Ian F. Pollack's awards include membership in the Association of American Physicians. Their publication record consists of over 168 papers in medicine and 87 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, reflecting a sustained focus on pediatric neurological disorders and cancer-related research.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Induction of CD8+ T-cell responses against novel glioma-associated antigen peptides and clinical activity by vaccinations with {alpha}-type 1 polarized dendritic cells and polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid stabilized by lysine and carboxymethylcellulose in patients with recurrent malignant glioma.

    Hideho Okada;Pawel Kalinski;Ryo Ueda;Aki Hoji

  • Hypoxia promotes expansion of the CD133-positive glioma stem cells through activation of HIF-1alpha.

    A Soeda;M Park;D Lee;A Mintz

  • Immunotherapy response assessment in neuro-oncology: a report of the RANO working group.

    Hideho Okada;Michael Weller;Raymond Huang;Gaetano Finocchiaro

  • Brain Tumors in Children

    Ian F. Pollack

  • Subgroup-Specific Prognostic Implications of TP53 Mutation in Medulloblastoma

    Nataliya Zhukova;Vijay Ramaswamy;Marc Remke;Elke Pfaff

  • Multiple recurrent genetic events converge on control of histone lysine methylation in medulloblastoma

    Paul A. Northcott;Yukiko Nakahara;Xiaochong Wu;Lars Feuk

  • Mutism and Pseudobulbar Symptoms after Resection of Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children: Incidence and Pathophysiology

    Ian F. Pollack;Paul Polinko;Leland A. Albright;Richard Towbin

  • Intracranial ependymomas of childhood: long-term outcome and prognostic factors.

    Ian Pollack;Peter Gerszten;A. Martinez;Kim-Hung Lo

  • Randomized Study of Two Chemotherapy Regimens for Treatment of Low-Grade Glioma in Young Children: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group

    Joann L. Ater;Tianni Zhou;Emiko Holmes;Claire M. Mazewski

  • Temozolomide in the treatment of high-grade gliomas in children: a report from the Children's Oncology Group

    Kenneth J. Cohen;Ian F. Pollack;Tianni Zhou;Allen Buxton

  • Selumetinib in paediatric patients with BRAF-aberrant or neurofibromatosis type 1-associated recurrent, refractory, or progressive low-grade glioma: a multicentre, phase 2 trial.

    Jason Fangusaro;Arzu Onar-Thomas;Tina Young Poussaint;Shengjie Wu

  • Divergent clonal selection dominates medulloblastoma at recurrence

    A. Sorana Morrissy;Livia Garzia;David J.H. Shih;Scott Zuyderduyn

  • Prognostic value of medulloblastoma extent of resection after accounting for molecular subgroup: a retrospective integrated clinical and molecular analysis

    Eric M. Thompson;Eric M. Thompson;Thomas Hielscher;Eric Bouffet;Marc Remke

  • Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality in children--the SCIWORA syndrome.

    Dachling Pang;Ian F. Pollack

  • Cytogenetic Prognostication Within Medulloblastoma Subgroups

    David J.H. Shih;Paul A. Northcott;Marc Remke;Andrey Korshunov

  • Temozolomide in the treatment of children with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas: a report from the Children's Oncology Group

    Kenneth J. Cohen;Richard L. Heideman;Tianni Zhou;Emiko J. Holmes

  • Low-grade gliomas of the cerebral hemispheres in children : an analysis of 71 cases

    Ian F. Pollack;Diana Claassen;Qasim Al-Shboul;Janine E. Janosky

  • Expression of p53 and prognosis in children with malignant gliomas.

    Ian F. Pollack;Sydney D. Finkelstein;Jeffrey Woods;Judith Burnham

  • A phase I trial of the MEK inhibitor selumetinib (AZD6244) in pediatric patients with recurrent or refractory low-grade glioma: a Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC) study

    Anuradha Banerjee;Regina I. Jakacki;Arzu Onar-Thomas;Shengjie Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideho Okada
Hideho Okada University of California, San Francisco
Ronald L. Hamilton
Ronald L. Hamilton University of Pittsburgh
Roger J. Packer
Roger J. Packer Children’s National Health System
James M. Boyett
James M. Boyett St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Larry E. Kun
Larry E. Kun St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Jonathan L. Finlay
Jonathan L. Finlay Nationwide Children's Hospital
Peter C. Burger
Peter C. Burger Johns Hopkins University
Amar Gajjar
Amar Gajjar St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Michael D. Prados
Michael D. Prados University of California, San Francisco
James M. Olson
James M. Olson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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