Discover Research Innovation,
Powered by a Child's Gift
Join us at PedSNO 2025

Connect with the innovators at Gift from a Child and the Children’s Brain Tumor Network (CBTN). Elevate pediatric care through a collaborative, technology-driven approach made possible through a child’s gift.

Join our leading-edge coalition to:

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Unlock clinical and genomic data, robust biospecimens, powerful research tools, and valuable resources.
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Unite to explore scientific research empowered through Gift from a Child tissue donation.
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Take part in informative presentations and panel discussions.
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Explore research and care strategies focused on artificial intelligence.

Demo Data-Driven Care

Visit CBTN in the Gift from a Child Suite to explore how we honor the legacy of children who made the rich data possible. Experience a live demo of the powerful tools within the CBTN data ecosystem, including the Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas and PedcBioPortal, and take home a CBTN water bottle just for connecting with us.

Dr. David Higgins, PhD
CBTN Informatics Program Manager
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

May 15-17, 2025

Room 311B

Hilton San Diego Bayfront
1 Park Boulevard, San Diego

Explore Tissue Donation

Meet with a Gift from a Child representative to learn more about tissue donation and how it powers CBTN data and biospecimen resources.

Ginny McLean
Program Director
Gift from a Child

May 15-17, 2025

Room 311B

Hilton San Diego Bayfront
1 Park Boulevard, San Diego

Book an Appointment

Connect with AI Innovation through CBTN

Hear from Dr. Adam Resnick in this session, where he participates in an expert panel discussion about Harnessing Platform and AI Technologies to Advance Data-Driven Collaborative Discovery Across Domains.

AI Advancements and Controversies
Saturday, May 17th, 7-8 a.m. PT

Panel Participants

Dr. Pallavi Tiwari
University of Wisconsin, Moderator

Dr. Adam Resnick
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Dr. Marwa Ismail
University of Wisconsin

Dr. Kristin Swanson
Mayo Clinic, Moderator

CBTN Power Panel

Fueling Individualized Care for Better Outcomes
Saturday, May 17 from 3:35-4:35 p.m. PT

Panel Participants

Dr. Carl Koschmann
Michigan Medicine, Moderator

Dr. Javad Nazarian
University Children’s Hospital, Zurich, Moderator

Dr. Brian Rood
Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Adam Green
Children’s Hospital of Colorado

Scientific
Poster Sessions

Interact with a curated collection of scientific poster presentations showcasing the latest advancements in pediatric cancer research made possible with the CBTN ecosystem data.

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Splicing-Proteomic Integration in Pediatric Brain Cancer: Toward Precision Therapeutics

presented by Dr. Ammar Naqvi

Integration of pediatric brain tumor proteomics and metabolomics data into the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine (D3b), and National Institute of Health, and Kids First Data Resource Center infrastructures

presented by Dr. Joseph Dybas

Longitudinal Clinicoradiomic Modeling of Overall Survival in Diffuse Midline Glioma Patients Using Serial MRI Scans

presented by Dr. Anahita Fathi Kazerooni

Enhancing Longitudinal Tumor Volume Assessment in Pediatric Brain Tumors with Synthetic MRI Generation

presented by Dimos Chrysochoou

And More