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MNP Outreach Consortium

Modern cancer diagnostics for all children

Worldwide, about 40 percent of all children and adolescents with cancer die from their disease. Accurate cancer diagnostics and access to appropriate therapies could significantly improve the success of treatment. The team of the Molecular Neurpoathology Outreach Consortium is at the forefront of revolutionizing diagnostics of CNS tumor and sarcoma through methylation-based classification - a method we innovated that now informs WHO diagnostic standards. The mission of the Consortium is to facilitate the global uptake of this technology, particularly in low-to-middle-income countries where cost and access of and to modern cancer diagnostics for children and young adults pose significant barriers. 

Furthermore, the team also intends to fill significant biological knowledge gaps regarding populations from the global South. As most research data in pediatric oncology, as well as in many other medical fields, concerns mostly a white minority, the analyses of data concerning other populations, might provide new insights and eventually achieve essential treatment adjustments or improvements. 

Current activities

Learn more about the MNP Consortium, its partners and get the latest updates on their progess and most recent developments. The website of the consortium is currently under construction, but you can stay tuned via X.

We collaborate with 14 leading institutions from low-to-middle-income countries across the world; In addition to Sidra Medicine, Qatar, which also partially supports other collaborators. Together with partners from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, we organize monthly tumor boards for our international community.

  • Fleni, Argentina
  • Red de Salud UC Christus, Chile
  • University of Sao Paolo (USP), Brazil
  • A.C. Camgaro Cancer Center, Brazil
  • DASA Laboratories, Brazil
  • Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE), Egypt
  • King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC), Jordan
  • Aga Khan University Hospiatl (AKUH), Pakistan
  • Sidra Medicine, Qatar
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India
  • Tata Medical Center (TMC), India
  • Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital (RSCM), Indonesia
  • Universitas Indonesia Hospital (RSUI), Indonesia
  • University of Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Siriraj Hospital, Thailand
  • Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
     
Coordination team
  • Dr. Olfat Ahmad
  • Dr. David T. W. Jones
  • Prof. Dr. Stefan M. Pfister
  • Prof. Dr. Felix Sahm
  • Dr. Martin Sill
  • Dr. Dominik Sturm

Olfat Ahmad, MD, MSc.

Scientific project coordinator

Postal address:

Queen Rania Street   
PO Box 1269 Al Jubeha  
Amman 11941 

Jordan