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Assistant Professor - Department of Paediatrics
Associate Member - Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine
Associate Member - Departments of Human Genetics and Oncology

Current research: 

My research program focuses primarily on hereditary cancer syndromes that present in children and young adults. We study and compare various strategies to rapidly identify young patients with cancer who require genetic evaluations. We also study the short and long-term outcomes of patients diagnosed with cancer predisposition syndromes, as well as the ethical and societal perspectives of genetic testing in the pediatric population.

Projects: 

1. Development and validation of an eHealth decision-support tool aimed at identifying cancer predisposition syndromes in children diagnosed with cancer.

2. Determining risk factors for the development of secondary cancers in patients with cancer predisposition syndromes.

3. Determining disease penetrance in certain cancer predisposition syndromes.

Research areas: 

• Bioethics
• Cancer
• Epidemiology
• Genetic diseases
• Paediatrics

Assistant Professor, Director, Genetic Counseling

Specialization

• Genetic Counseling
• Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
• Dissemination and Implementation
• Genetic Services Access and Delivery

Assistant Professor Epidemiology Division.

RESEARCH INTRESTS

• breast cancer epidemiology
• genetic epidemiology
• contalateral breast cancer
• survivorship
• imaging biomarkers of breast cancer risk and response to treatment
• risk prediction
• breast cancer screening
• pharmacogenetics
• maternal exposures and neurodevelopment
• autism spectrum disorder
• ADHD

Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Oncology Division, Stem Cell Biology, Bone Marrow Transplantation & Leukemia

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Cancer genetics
• Epidemiology
• Genetic susceptibility to cancer
• Clonal haematopoiesis

Associate Professor of Biochemistry in Medicine. 

Brown Lab: https://www.brownlab.org/home-1 

Emilie Lippmann and Janice Jacobs McCarthy Research Scholar in Breast Cancer, Medicine , Weill Cornell Medical College 2022 -

Associate Professor of Biochemistry in Medicine, Medicine , Weill Cornell Medical College 2020 -

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry in Medicine, Medicine , Weill Cornell Medical College 2017 - 2020

Assistant Professor, Junior Principal Investigator (jPI) - Cancer Genomics at Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

Clinical Geneticist with sub-specialty interest in Cancer Genetics. Holds Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Genetics (RCPath), Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Science, MSc in Clinical Education, as well as PhD focusing on Application and Utility of Genomics in Risk Estimation, Prognostication and Treatment of Breast Cancer. Special interest in Medical Education, working as Tutor on Diploma of Health Sciences, Clinical Education (NUI Galway), as Subject Matter Expert, Tutor and Module Lead (Assessment) on MSc in Medical Education for Health Care Professionals (iheed Ireland (accredited by University of Warwick UK)), as Tutor on MSc Clinical Genomics (Imperial College London), and as Subject Matter Expert developing PGCert in Telemedicine and Digital Health (RCPI). Co-chair Oncogenomics working group of Health Education England GeNotes resource. Social Media and Communications Rep, and Member of Council of UK Cancer Genetics group (BSGM).

Section Head, Neuro-Oncology, Division of Haematology/Oncology. Garron Family Chair in Childhood Cancer Research. 

Dr. Uri Tabori maintains an active clinical practice in the treatment of children with cancer, focusing particularly on those with brain tumours. Based on his clinical and research interests, Tabori participates in the development of systems for early detection and intervention in individuals determined to be at high-risk of developing brain tumours. This includes patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 and 2, Li-Fraumeni syndrome and mismatch repair genes.

Research

The Tabori lab is focused on combining biological and translational research in paediatric oncology. Specifically, we are interested in studying mechanisms underlying brain tumour immortality and recurrence in the context of predisposition to cancer. Currently our group is studying 3 major areas related to this concept:

• Telomere maintenance and cancer recurrence
• Cancer predisposition syndromes
• Paediatric gliomas