Brian Rood, MD
Enriched profileDirector, Clinical Neuro-Oncology; Medical Director, Brain Tumor Institute · Children's National Hospital
Brian Rood is Director, Clinical Neuro-Oncology; Medical Director, Brain Tumor Institute at Children's National Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 143 publications with 3,735 citations (h-index 30); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 25 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Oct 2026
Brian Rood, MD, is Director, Clinical Neuro-Oncology at Children's National Hospital. The public record shows 143 publications with 3,735 citations (h-index 30), centered on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 2 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2007–2011).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · The Journal of experimental medicine
- Top research focus: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 2 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 8 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 50.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 26 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Immunotherapy for Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumors Employing Adoptive Cellular Therapy (IMPACT)
Sponsor: Children's National Research Institute
- Studying Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins and Angiogenesis Proteins in Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed Central Nervous System Tumors
Sponsor: Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
Industry payments
Updated 26 Oct 2026
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2023–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Day One BiopharmaceuticalsProgram year20251 payment
- Illumina, Inc.Program year20231 payment
NIH funding
Updated 26 Oct 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2007–2011 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Creation of a PDGF-C Autocrine Loop by HIC1 Inactivation
Children'S National Medical Center
FY2011$145,800K08NS051477 - Creation of a PDGF-C Autocrine Loop by HIC1 Inactivation
Children'S National Medical Center
FY2010$145,800K08NS051477 - Creation of a PDGF-C Autocrine Loop by HIC1 Inactivation
Children'S National Medical Center
FY2009$145,800K08NS051477
Congress activity
Updated 26 Oct 2026
6 congress contributions (2014–2024) across AACR, ASTRO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Abstract 3955: A proteogenomic study of high-grade glioma among adolescents and young adults
AACR Annual Meeting
AACR2024Co-author - Abstract 4889: Integrative multi-omic analysis reveals novel prognostic biological entities in pediatric medulloblastoma
AACR Annual Meeting
AACR2024Co-author - Abstract 1067: Proteogenomic discovery of novel tumor proteins as neoantigens for personalized T cell immunotherapy in pediatric medulloblastoma
AACR (meeting unresolved)
AACR2020Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 26 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- CAMKV kinase drives neuroblastoma growth and acts as a novel therapeutic target.
The Journal of experimental medicine
Article2026 - Multi-antigen-targeting T cells in pediatric central nervous system tumors: a phase 1 trial.
Nature medicine
Clinical Trial2026 - Multi-Institutional Annotated Multiparametric MRI Dataset of Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas.
Radiology. Artificial intelligence
Article2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Proteogenomic and metabolomic characterization of human glioblastomaArticle658 citations2021
- 02
- 03Medulloblastoma: Present Concepts of Stratification into Risk GroupsArticle161 citations2003
- 04
- 05Spatial heterogeneity in medulloblastomaArticle142 citations2017
Network
Updated 26 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 26 Oct 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 26 Oct 2026
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Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →research.childrensnational.org ↗
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- BA
English Literature, Pennsylvania State University
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Executive co-chair
Children's Brain Tumor Network
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Associate Professor of Pediatrics
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
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