Our Research
Our team is focused on building a foundational and applicable understanding of brain tumors and cerebrospinal fluid disorders to improve your health.Â
With support from the National Institutes of Health, Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine, UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, McKnight Foundation, Tower Cancer Research Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the American Brain Tumor Association, our Lab has authored more than 75 peer-reviewed scientific publications.
Why do we focus on Glioblastoma?
Glioblastoma is an incurable disease and leads to quick neurologic demise. Dr. Patel has dedicated his career to providing the highest level clinical care to extend survival and allow patients to maximize their time fighting this disease as well as studying this in the laboratory in hopes to find long lasting treatments and cures for this disease.Â