Dr. Peter Dickinson BVSc, PhD,
Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology)
Dr Dickinson is a board certified neurologist/neurosurgeon with a 50% clinical appointment at the VMTH. His research focus is on brain tumors and covers 3 basic areas.
1) Molecular characterization of spontaneous small animal brain tumors.
2) Development of novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of brain tumors.
3) Translation of novel therapies into the veterinary clinic.
Dr Dickinson has a laboratory (Paul&Borghild Petersen Brain Tumor Research Laboratory) in Tupper Hall and collaborates closely with Dr Rick LeCouteur and Dr Robert Higgins.
Projects currently underway include:
- Characterization of growth factor expression in canine spontaneous gliomas.
- NF2-gene expression in canine meningiomas.
- Characterization of 1p19q chromosomal deletions in canine oligodendrogliomas.
- Adeno-associated viral vector delivery of VEGF-TRAP for the treatment of glioblastoma
- Convection enhanced delivery (CED) of liposomal CPT-11 for the treatment of canine glioma. (clinical trial)
The laboratory utilizes core molecular biology techniques and has several rodent brain tumor models, including models of canine gliomas, that are used to investigate novel therapies. Please contact Dr. Dickinson at pjdickinson@ucdavis.edu for further information.
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