Howard L. Weiner, MD

Dr. Weiner is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics. His laboratory is dedicated to the study of molecular signaling pathways in pediatric brain tumors and the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Specifically, Dr. Weiner investigates the role of sonic hedgehog and mTOR signaling in medulloblastoma and TSC.

Publications

• Lee A, Maldonado M, Baybis M, Walsh CA, Scheithauer B, Yeung R, Parent J, Weiner HL, Crino PB. Markers of cellular proliferation are expressed in cortical tubers. Ann Neurol 53:688-673, 2003.
  
  
• Weiner HL, Bakst R, Hurlbert MS, Ruggiero J, Ahn E, Lee WS, Stephen D, Zagzag D, Joyner AL, Turnbull DH. Induction of medulloblastomas in mice by sonic hedgehog, independent of Gil1. Cancer Res 62:6385-6389, 2002.