The Emory Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Laboratory works to harness the power of the immune system to fight brain tumors. It is supported by the Winship Cancer Institute and Emory University School of Medicine. Its director, Edjah Nduom, MD, is the Daniel Louis Barrow Endowed Chair and Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine. A fellowship-trained and board-certified neurosurgical oncologist, Dr. Nduom's clinical specialty is the surgical management of brain and spinal cord tumors. The lab’s research space is specifically located in Winship Building C, where Dr. Nduom has been allocated 3 full benches, totaling 439 square feet of wet bench space, plus linear corridor equipment space and shared alcove space for tissue culture work, shared space in the 4 degree cold room, and other shared equipment. Winship is headquartered in a seven-story 250,000 square foot building (Building C) housing the primary offices and clinical space for cancer services including the Winship Ambulatory Infusion Center, the department of radiation oncology primary clinical facility, and the medical oncology, hematology, and surgical oncology clinics. Breast imaging and radiology, including MRI, PET, and CT facilities, are also located in this building. Building C houses the Winship administrative suite, three floors of wet lab space, faculty offices, and is the primary location of the Winship Clinical Trials Office (CTO).

Laboratory

In total, Winship has over 480,000 square feet of dedicated space for basic, translational, and clinical cancer research space with the inclusion of The Emory Clinic Building C, the Health Sciences Research Building, and other areas, including space in Buildings A and B of The Emory Clinic, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Grady Memorial Hospital, and the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Medical, surgical and radiation oncology outpatient services, ambulatory clinical services, and many research services have been consolidated into a single building, Emory Clinic C, which contains over 250,000 square feet of devoted research and clinical space.

Research laboratories are located on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors on both Clinic Buildings B and C, and in the Health Sciences Research Building. All laboratories are equipped with various basic instruments including separate tissue culture rooms with laminar flow hoods, type-II biosafety cabinets, and CO2 regulated incubators. Winship has shared cryogenic storage facility, washroom, microscopy room, dark room, and walk-in cold room, which are adjacent to the wet space and are easily accessible.

Animal

Cancer Animal Models is a shared resource managed and supported by Winship Cancer Institute. The function of the Cancer Animal Models Shared Resource is to assist investigators in the development, characterization and analysis of appropriate animal models for cancer research. It assists investigators in developing and analyzing appropriate animal models for cancer research, and as such it plays an important role in translating research discoveries into potential treatments. Currently, the major emphasis and expertise of the facility lies in genetically engineered mouse models.