Robert M. Prins, PhD Associate Professor, Neurosurgery Biography Dr. Prins’s research group studies immune-based therapies for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) tumors. Currently, patients presenting with such malignancies are left with few treatment options. His research group is attempting to apply what we learn from pre-clinical models towards the implementation of immunotherapy clinical trials for brain tumor patients. Our work is currently involved in the following pre-clinical and clinical studies. Education & Training 1992: UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, B.S., Kinesiology 1996: UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, M.S., Physiological Science 2001: Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, Ph.D., Anatomy and Immunology 2001: Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, Postdoctoral Fellowship 2002: UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery Awards & Honors 2000: Phi Kappa Phi Award; Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia 2000: C.C Clayton Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia 2001: Jack Denning Burke Award; VCU/MCV Department of Anatomy Outstanding Graduate Student in Cell Biology 2001: Osterud Award; VCU/MCV Department of Anatomy Outstanding Graduate Student 2002: Co-PI, Grant from Northwest Biotherapeutics. Treatment of CNS gliomas with intracranial IFN-? and dendritic cells pulsed with allogeneic peptides. 2002: UCLA Tumor Immunology Training fellowship (5-T32-CA09120-28). 2002: Fellowship, Norman Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology. 2005: Fellowship, NCI Cancer Education Grant, R25 CA 098010, Scholars in Oncologic Molecular Imaging (SOMI) 2005-06: UCLA Chancellor’s Professional Development award 2006-11: K01 CA111402 Howard Temin Research Scientist Development Award 2008-11: STOP CANCER Research Career Development Award 2008-09: UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Collaborative grant award