Russell Rockne

Russell Rockne, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computational and Quantitative Medicine within Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope. He also serves as director of the Division of Mathematical Oncology,with the goal of translating mathematics, physics and evolution-based research to clinical care. Dr. Rockne received his doctorate in mathematical biology from University of Washington in 2013, and then conducted a postdoc in mathematical oncology at NorthwesternUniversity.  He also has been a research associate in neurological surgery, and a research scientist in pathology and applied mathematics. In 2014, Dr. Rockne received the “Future of Mathematical Biology” award from the Society for Mathematical Biology.

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Modeling interstitial fluid flow and CAR T-cell therapy for brain tumors

In this talk, I will show how routinely collected MRI data can be used to quantify fluid dynamics in the brain and how mathematical models can be used to study the complex spatial predator-prey dynamics underlying CAR T-cell therapy.