Welcome to the Ostrom Lab
We are an epidemiology lab focused on identifying risk factors for primary and metastatic brain tumors in children, adolescents, and adults.
The Ostrom Lab is part of the Division of Neuro-Epidemiology in the Department of Neurosurgery at Duke University School of Medicine, and are affiliated with the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center and the Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis.
News
June 23 2025:
Our paper,Atopy improves survival and decreases risk of brain metastasis in cutaneous melanoma, is published in Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention!
June 15 2025:
Our paper, Years of life lost due to central nervous system tumor subtypes in the United States, is published in Neuro-Oncology.
June 2025:
Quinn presented work from the Lab at the North American Association for Central Cancer Registries Annual Meeting in Hartford, Connecticut
June 1 2025:
June is Brain and Spine Metastasis Awareness Month
May 2025:
Christine and Julia presented their ongoing work at the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium Annual Meeting in Durham, North Carolina
