About Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD:

Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD is a research scientist at The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, housed within Children’s Hospital Colorado, and an Associate Research Professor at CU Anschutz in the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. Dr. Venkataraman's unwavering commitment to pediatric cancer research is truly inspiring. She specializes in therapeutic development for pediatric brain tumors, with a primary focus on DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma), a uniformly fatal brain tumor. Her research aims to unravel the genetic underpinnings of DIPG and identify pathways driving tumor aggressiveness. She has identified novel immunotherapy targets in DIPG. To continue her work and give new hope to families affected by DIPG, she co-founded Vināśa Oncology.