- Overview
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In the area of stem cell research, our team concerns itself with the efficient and productive collection of stem cells with a goal to maximal harvest and surveillance of mrd. Of particular interest is research into processes that will allow maximal efficient cell harvest in very young children.
In collaboration with the onsite laboratories, we hope to explore the potential of product manipulation related to dendritic and cellular therapies.
My interests extend to the issues highlighting cross-cultural care as well as the psychosocial issues that present to the patients and families within different cultural populations. Work has also begun on the investigation of alternative or complimentary medical practices in the field of pediatric oncology.
- Publications
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Ifosfamide, gemcitabine, and vinorelbine is an effective salvage regimen with excellent stem cell mobilization in relapsed or refractory pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Kristin Marr and Rebecca Ronsley and Helen Nadel and Kate Douglas and Sharon Gershony and Caron Strahlendorf and Jeffrey H. Davis and Rebecca J. Deyell
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28167
04/2020Challenging the myth of the attrition of empathy in paediatrics residents
Medical Education
Surabhi Rawal and Caron Strahlendorf and Laura Nimmon
DOI: 10.1111/medu.13877
01/2020Opinions of Adolescents and Parents About Pediatric Biobanking
Journal of Adolescent Health
Cynthia C. Kong and Tamsin E. Tarling and Caron Strahlendorf and Michelle Dittrick and Suzanne M. Vercauteren
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.12.015
04/2016 - Research
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Returning research results to research participants: A needs and attitudes assessment of research participants and their guardians
The goal of this project is to examine the needs and attitudes of research participants and their guardians with respect to the offer of return of a summary of research results after a study has been completed. This will be done with the use of a previously piloted, fully developed questionnaire exploring the return of research results to research participants.Multi-centre phase II study for international intraocular retinoblastoma classification groups B,C & D tumours treated with carboplatin-etoposide-vincristine-cyclosporine-focal therapy multimodality protocol (Short title: OCRN Multi-center RB 2003)
This study aims to establish a new standard of care for retinoblastoma, by avoiding eye removal and radiation in children who may otherwise become blind because of their tumours, or suffer second malignancies from radiation. This study aims to also confirm the role of cyclosporine in reversal of multi-drug resistance, setting the stage for further trials in retinoblastoma and other cancers with novel MDR inhibitors.Bone marrow transplantation in children: Seen through their eyes
Pediatric and adolescent subjects will be given the opportunity to share their bone marrow transplant experience with health care providers and other children embarking on similar therapies through the use of photo voice. This technique is achieved by providing subjects with disposable cameras and inviting them to answer specific questions using the camera to reveal their treatment experience during, and after their transplant. The specific questions used to prompt the subjects will be: What do you wish to share with your doctors and nurses, your family and other children going through the same isolation? What was being in isolation like? How did you cope with pain?
Once the pictures are developed, the transplant physician or medical student will interview the subject about the significance of each photograph taken.Honours & AwardsAACR/ASCO Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Scholarship - 2000
British Council Scholarship: Controversies in Pediatric Cancers - 1992
Research Group MembersMonica Bronowski
Julia Chilcott, Clinical Research Associate, Ethics and Regulatory
Esther Choi, Clinical Research Associate, Ethics and Regulatory
Patrick Diaz, Lead Clinical Research Associate
Alexandra Greidanus, Ethics and Regulatory Clinical Research Associate
Colleen Jantzen, Research Asst/Tech 4
Sebastian Kondratowski, Clinical Research Associate, Ethics and Regulatory
Alecia Lim, Assistant Clinical Trials Unit Manager, Hematology/Oncology/BMT CTU Manager
Jessica Parmar
Ritu Ratan, Lead Clinical Research Coordinator
Jeong Min Son, Clinical Research Associate
A safer treatment path for high-risk children to overcome food allergies
New research from BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and UBC reveals a safe path to overcoming food allergies for older children or building resistance for those who can’t risk consuming allergens. It’s called sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT), and it involves placing small amounts of food allergens under the tongue.
