Research Summary
Dr. Shawn Hervey-Jumper is a neurosurgeon with subspecialty focus on neuro-oncology. His clinical practice is focused on the surgical management of patients with brain cancer within functional areas using physiological mapping. Dr. Hervey-Jumper's research focuses on the mechanisms by which intrinsic brain tumors, such as low- and high-grade gliomas, interface with neural networks and how repair of these networks impacts cognition. Though the survival of some may be short, it is increasingly understood that many glioma patients will survive for years with extensive language, motor, and cognitive disabilities that impact the quality of their lives. Despite the prevailing assumption that gliomas represent an ablative process, we now know that interactions between glioma cells and the neuronal microenvironment influence tumor growth, invasiveness, and potentially cognition. In his research laboratory he uses neurophysiology in order to address questions in human cognition as well as tumor-network dynamics.
Research Funding
May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2024 - Intratumoral functional connectivity with implications on synaptogenesis and aphasia recovery in adult astrocytic WHO II-III glioma , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NINDS, Sponsor Award ID: 1K08NS110919-01
February 1, 2018 - February 28, 2023 - IDH1 Mutant Glioma Model: Tumor Progression and Impact on Therapeutics , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NINDS, Sponsor Award ID: P0523121
July 1, 2017 - July 1, 2021 - The consequences of brain irradiation on white matter repair and language pathways reorganization in adult glioma , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Sponsor Award ID: 74259
July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020 - Neurogenesis mediated Aphasia Recovery in Adult High Grade Glioma , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: University of California San Francisco, Sponsor Award ID: Dean's Diversity Fund
Education
Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL, B.S., 05/2001, Biology
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, M.D., 06/2006,Medicine
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Internship, 06/2007, Transitional
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Research Fellowship, 01/2012, Neuro-Oncology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Resident, 06/2012, Neurosurgery
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Chief Resident, 06/2013, Neurosurgery
University of California San Francisco, SF, CA, Clinical Fellowship, 06/2014, Neuro-Oncology