ABTA Alumni Research Network
The ABTA Alumni Research Network (AARN) is a network of brain tumor researchers that have been funded by the ABTA. The purpose of the AARN is to support the ABTA’s mission to advance the understanding and treatment of brain tumors by fostering excellence in brain tumor research through professional development, communications, education, training and collaboration.
Engagement with ABTA Community
AARN members are invited to speak at ABTA patient education meetings, fundraising events, review ABTA publications for print and digital materials, serve on grant application review committees for ABTA grants.
Here are some examples of recent engagement opportunities:
- Craig Horbinski, MD and Justin Lathia, PhD spoke at the ABTA Patient & Family Meeting Advances in Research and Clinical Trials
- Jennifer Yu, MD, PhD spoke at a webinar in How Metastatic Brain Tumors Affect Your Breast Cancer Care, hosted by ABTA in partnership with Living Beyond Breast Cancer
- Wajd Al-Holou, MD spoke at the ABTA BT5K in Michgan
- Six AARN members recorded video clips to encourage participants in the ABTA's virtual BT5K
- On a visit to Houston, TX, ABTA leadership met with Betty Kim, MD, PhD, Kristin Huntoon, PhD, DO and Chirag Patel, MD, PhD to discuss their research and the ABTA's programs
- Twelve AARN members connected over dinner with ABTA Research staff at the Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting in Tampa, FL
Annual Meeting
14th Annual Meeting
September 14-16, 2024, Schaumburg, IL
As part of the ABTA National Conference, the AARN members-only annual meeting brings researchers and medical professionals together to foster scientific exchange and collaboration to accelerate brain tumor discoveries.
2025 AARN Annual Meeting Co-Chairs
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Assistant Professor/Director for Precision Medicine
Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Network. Connect. Build Lifelong Goals at the
AARN Annual Meetings.
Reasons Members Value the Annual Meeting:
“I came out with advice on projects, new collaborations, and immensely useful career advice. Can’t get more valuable than that in only 2 and half days!”
“It is different from other meetings. I felt like everybody is really committed to achieve the final goal of finding a cure for brain tumors.”
“The AARN meeting is one of my favorite conferences. I have made friends, built collaborations, and learned from shared experiences in ways that have helped me and others in the brain tumor field.”
By the Numbers
86 Past and current collaborative groups among AARN Members
25 AARN members served as reviewers in the last year
92 publications have come out of these groups
29 AARN members spoke at ABTA events in the last year
