Zuzana Berrong
Other Faculty
Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Medicine
Bio
- PhD in Biomedical Sciences (Biochemistry, Immunology and Cancer Biology) Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
- Currently: Assistant Research Scientist
- Conducted laboratory research for clinical trials
- Experience in the field of basic and translational immunology, immune regulation, tumor immunotherapy, and cancer biology
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- IMMU-09. PHASE 2 TRIAL USING INDOXIMOD-BASED CHEMO-IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH CHILDHOOD BRAIN CANCER: INTERIM ANALYSIS OF THE GCC1949 STUDY (NCT04049669), 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Effect of indoximod-based chemo-immunotherapy in patients with pediatric brain tumors on activation and clonal proliferation of a circulating population of early non-exhausted stem-like CD8+ T cells whose on-treatment expansion is predictive of long-term outcome., 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Repurposing ibrutinib for chemo-immunotherapy in a phase 1b study of ibrutinib with indoximod plus metronomic cyclophosphamide and etoposide for patients with childhood brain cancer., 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Indoximod-based chemo-immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors: A first-in-children phase I trial, 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Antigen-Specific Antitumor Responses Induced by OX40 Agonist Are Enhanced by the IDO Inhibitor Indoximod, 2018
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Research Interests
Conducting clinical trial laboratory research to understand the immune response in blood in children with brain tumors, in a correlation to their clinical trials' cancer immunotherapy treatment. The evaluation provides information for the next steps in future research and treatment in the best outcome for the patients' interest.
