My long-term goal is to make visible impact on prognosis of cancer patients by developing innovative and effective therapies. I continue to devote myself towards improving the outcomes of patients by developing effective therapies for this devastating disease in collaboration with my collaborators including basic scientists, oncologists, pathologists, and neurosurgeons. My dedication to mentoring is demonstrated by the number of international visiting scientists and trainees I mentor. Currently, I have one graduate student, three Postdocs, four visiting scientists under my tutelage. In addition, I work and train neurosurgery residents in the clinic. I believe that training the next generation of translational scientists is critical and is the only way to improve patient outcomes.