My research focuses on improving the lives of children, adolescents and young adults with cancer. I have chaired or co-chaired clinical trials testing novel immunotherapeutic strategies for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma and precision medicine approaches for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). My laboratory and translational research focuses on improving the quality of life for cancer patients and survivors by reducing the long term, deleterious impact of cancer therapy on organ function. By better understanding how cancer treatment causes persistent alterations in normal organ function, we hope to develop strategies to protect against these side effects of curative cancer therapy.
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Embrace Kids Foundation Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Director of Hematology, Oncology and Cellular Therapies at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital
Director, New Jersey Center for Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Research
Department: Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Phone: 1-732-235-8863
Email: colepd@cinj.rutgers.edu
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers Cancer Institute
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901