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Research in pediatric hematology/oncology

Jonathan Ducore, M.D.

Jonathan Ducore's research interest area's include: epidemiology of childhood cancer including cancer in pediatric minority populations, emphasis on southeast Asian children; using cancer cluster techniques to assess prenatal exposures; modeling of cancer incidence to estimate biologic parameters of causation and obesity as a result of successful cancer treatment. Clinical research includes: cooperative group (COG) clinical trials for cancer treatment and epidemiology; and the epidemiology of pediatric bleeding disorders.

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Douglas Taylor, M.D., Ph.D.

Douglas Taylor conducts research on single cell laser tweezer Raman spectroscopy to discern normal from neoplastic cells. He uses surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy using nanoparticles to perform target-specific intracellular biological measurements. In addition he studies novel approaches to, and new applications of, pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation to pediatric diseases.

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Daniel West, M.D.

Daniel West's major research interest focuses on developing new and more effective therapy for children with bone sarcomas. He primarily works with the Children's Oncology Group, a national cooperative clinical trials group, where he is principle investigator in several clinical trials and chair of the Ewing's sarcoma biology committee. In addition, he studies pediatric education. In this work, he focuses on developing new methods to measure critical thinking skills in physicians-in-training and training pediatric residents in child advocacy.

Theodore Zwerdling, M.D.

Theodore Zwerdling has clinical and research interests in sickle cell anemia and immunotherapy for pediatric solid tumors. He is also interested in clinical trials for children with cancer experimental therapy. In addition, he provides support to terminally-ill children and their families through the pediatric hospice program at UC Davis Children's Hospital.