Jessica Foster, MD

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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Oncology)
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Oncology
Colket Translational Research Building, Rm. 3030
3501 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-1918
Fax: 267-426-0685
Education:
BA (Neuroscience and Behavior)
Columbia University, 2006.
MD
University of Virginia Medical School, 2010.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Pediatric neuro-oncology

Description of Research Expertise

CAR T cells, pediatric brain tumors, mRNA therapeutics, liquid biopsy

Selected Publications

Pascual-Pasto G, McIntyre B, Giudice AM, Alikarami F, Morrissey A, Matlaga S, Hofmann TJ, Burgueño V, Harvey K, Martinez D, Shah AC, Foster JB, Pogoriler J, Eagle RC, Carcaboso AM, Shields CL, Leahey AM, Bosse KR. : Targeting GPC2 on intraocular and CNS metastatic retinoblastomas with local and systemic delivery of CAR T-cells. Clin Cancer Res. June 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-0221.

Foster JB, Koptyra MP, Bagley SJ. : Recent Developments in Blood Biomarkers in Neuro-oncology. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 23(12): 857-867, December 2023.

Al-atrache Z, Mcmanus O, Harvey K, Dickson C, Patterson L, Beaubien E, Wilson C, Hajeebu S, Keil S, Braun M, Meechan M, Vitanza N, Iliff J, Madsen P, Foster J. : IMMU-26. mRNA CAR T cell trafficking following intra-ventricular administration in preclinical models of diffuse midline glioma. Neuro-Oncology 25(Issue Supplement 5): v147, November 2023 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noad179.0558.

Noll A, Myers C, Biery MC, Meechan M, Tahiri S, Rajendran A, Berens ME, Paine D, Byron S, Zhang J, Winter C, Pakiam F, Leary SES, Cole BL, Jackson ER, Dun MD, Foster JB, Evans MK, Pattwell SS, Olson JM, Vitanza NA. : Therapeutic HDAC inhibition in hypermutant diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Neoplasia 43(100921), September 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2023.100921.

Foster JB, Alonso MM, Sayour E, Davidson TB, Persson ML, Dun MD, Kline C, Mueller S, Vitanza NA, van der Lugt J.: : Translational considerations for immunotherapy clinical trials in pediatric neuro-oncology. Neoplasia 42, August 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2023.100909 Epub 2023 May 25.

Khalili N, Kazerooni AF, Familiar A, Haldar D, Kraya A, Foster J, Koptyra M, Storm PB, Resnick AC, Nabavizadeh A. : Radiomics for characterization of the glioma immune microenvironment. NPJ Precis Oncol. 7(59), June 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1038/s41698-023-00413-9.

Madsen PJ, Stern A, Dickson C, Wilson C, Patterson L, Harvey K, Griffin C, Oehm P, Rengstl B, Flemmig C, Storm PB, Resnick AC, Foster JB. : CAR T cell therapy targeting claudin-6 is effective in cellular and xenograft models of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor. SNO 7th Biennial Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Research Conference. June 2023 Notes: Washington DC.

Harvey K, Madsen PJ, Smith T, Griffin C, Patterson L, Vitanza NA, Storm PB, Resnick AC, Foster JB. : Development of an intracranial cannula implantation system for serial locoregional CAR T cell infusions in mice. SNO 7th Biennial Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Research Conference. June 2023 Notes: Washington DC.

Foster JB, Madsen P, Harvey K, Patterson L, Griffin C, Stern A, Storm PB, Resnick AC. : Targeting GD2 in thalamic diffuse midline glioma with transient mRNA CAR T cells. SNO 7th Biennial Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Research Conference. June 2023 Notes: Washington DC.

Vitanza NA, Ronsley R, Choe M, Henson C, Breedt M, Barrios-Anderson A, Wein A, Brown C, Beebe A, Kong A, Kirkey D, Lee BM, Leary SES, Crotty EE, Hoeppner C, Holtzclaw S, Wilson AL, Gustafson JA, Foster JB, Iliff JJ, Goldstein HE, Browd SR, Lee A, Ojemann JG, Pinto N, Gust J, Gardner RA, Jensen MC, Hauptman JS, Park JR. : Locoregional CAR T cells for children with CNS tumors: Clinical procedure and catheter safety. Neoplasia 36(100870), February 2023 Notes: Epub 2023 Jan 3. doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2022.100870.

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