Josh Neman-ebrahim PhD

Dr. Josh Neman-Ebrahim is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and a member of the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Dr. Neman received his doctoral degree from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine in neurobiology. He then went on to complete his cancer biology fellowship at the City of Hope’s Beckman Research Institute, where he was a California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Fellow. Dr. Neman’s research at USC investigates the biology of breast to brain metastases and medulloblastoma (the most aggressive pediatric brain tumor).

His expertise and strengths in stem cell biology and neuroscience have allowed him to develop novel molecular, cellular, and systems approaches to study the interaction between the brain and cancer cells (termed the tumor microenvironment)–a bidirectional interplay poorly understood. As a neuroscientist, Dr. Neman’s goal is to raise awareness that transdisciplinary research between neurobiology and cancer foundations can advance our current understanding of how the nervous system contributes to primary and metastatic brain tumors. This will ultimately result in the development of improved strategies for cancer prevention and treatment of patients with these devastating diseases.