OBB medical advisor uses Artificial Intelligence for GBM research; Mindfulness research, OBB in small town news, Annual Report

Kudos to OurBrainBank medical advisor Dr. Dan Orringer. "Dr. Oermann and Dr. Orringer are creating an algorithm to predict tumor treatment response... The AI approach may ultimately circumvent the need for traditional genetic testing to determine tumors’ specific mutations." Read all about it.

OurBrainBank founder and chair Jessica Morris, along with staffers Aurelia Driver and Martha Wilkie, were authors on a poster accepted by the Society of Neuro-Oncolgy SNO2020 conference. The lead investigator, Dr. Laura Donovan of Columbia University, is studying how mindfulness may help people living with glioblastoma.

OurBrainBank staffer Martha Wilkie was surprised to learn on a Zoom call that one of our volunteers — Jacob Ellen, a graduate student in data science — lived just a few miles away from her in rural Connecticut. Martha wrote about Jacob and OurBrainBank for the Cornwall Chronicle, a small town newsletter.

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