ISPNO/SNO Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma Outcomes Research Fellowship

SNO and ISPNO are pleased to announce that Dr. Chelsea Kotch of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 ISPNO/SNO Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma Outcomes Research Fellowship. Generously supported by Day One Biopharmaceuticals, this award is designed to support research focused on the long-term survival and health of children with pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG).  

Dr. Kotch will present the progress of her project, “Beyond Survival: Improving Health-Related Quality of Life in Survivors of Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma,” at the upcoming 2027 SNO/EANO Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Conference, June 25-27, 2027, in Miami, FL.  

Dr. Kotch is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and an Attending Physician in the section of Neuro-Oncology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She completed her pediatrics residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and hematology/oncology and neuro-oncology fellowships at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her additional training includes a Master of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Pennsylvania. She has a clinical research program focused on improving outcomes for children with low-grade glioma through advanced epidemiologic methods and clinical trials.