Jessica Tsai

Title(s)Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Cancer Biology
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
Address4640 West Sunset Blvd
Off Campus
Los Angeles CA 90027
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    Stanford University, Stanford, CAB.S.06/2008Biological Sciences, Honors in Neurobiology
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CAM.D.06/2015Medicine
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CAPh.D.06/2015Neurosciences
    Boston Children's Hospital | Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA07/2018Pediatrics Residency
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA07/2021Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship

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    1. A human stem cell model of neuroblastoma identifies four chromosome 17q genes that drive tumor initiation and progression. Cancer Lett. 2026 Aug 26; 660:218781. Fang W, Cheng B, Pastor S, Zobel MJ, Porras T, Wu HW, Kondapally T, Roberts SS, Parekh C, Tsai JW, Tsakiridis A, Barbaric I, Asgharzadeh S, Maris JM, Huang M. PMID: 42648464.
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    2. Quantum mechanics-based multitensor AI/ML uniquely able to discover, validate, and interpret predictors from small-cohort noisy high-dimensional multiomic data. APL Quantum. 2026 Jun; 3(2):026116. Alter O, Newman E, Ponnapalli SP, Tsai JW. PMID: 42774993; PMCID: PMC13596398.
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    3. Combined somatic mutation and transcriptome analysis reveals region-specific differences in clonal architecture in human cortex. Cell Rep. 2025 11 25; 44(11):116458. Viswanadham VV, Kim SN, Caglayan E, Doan RN, Dou Y, Bizzotto S, Khoshkhoo S, Huang AY, Yeh R, Chhouk BH, Truong A, Chappell KM, Beaudin M, Barton A, Akula SK, Zhao Y, Rento L, Lodato M, Szeto RA, Ganz J, Li P, Tsai JW, Hill RS, Park PJ, Walsh CA. PMID: 41240340; PMCID: PMC12766648.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    4. Maximizing grant funding: strategies for negotiating laboratory pricing. Trends Biochem Sci. 2025 04; 50(4):281-284. Coppola M, House TO, Tsai JW. PMID: 39956744.
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    5. Inclusive mentorship of pediatric trainees: pediatric oncology as a microcosm. Front Oncol. 2025; 15:1531784. Jackson S, Tsai JW, MacQuarrie KL. PMID: 39959661; PMCID: PMC11825513.
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    6. Cell lineage analysis with somatic mutations reveals late divergence of neuronal cell types and cortical areas in human cerebral cortex. bioRxiv. 2023 Nov 06. Kim SN, Viswanadham VV, Doan RN, Dou Y, Bizzotto S, Khoshkhoo S, Huang AY, Yeh R, Chhouk B, Truong A, Chappell KM, Beaudin M, Barton A, Akula SK, Rento L, Lodato M, Ganz J, Szeto RA, Li P, Tsai JW, Hill RS, Park PJ, Walsh CA. PMID: 37986891; PMCID: PMC10659282.
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    7. BH3 mimetics targeting BCL-XL impact the senescent compartment of pilocytic astrocytoma. Neuro Oncol. 2023 04 06; 25(4):735-747. Selt F, Sigaud R, Valinciute G, Sievers P, Zaman J, Alcon C, Schmid S, Peterziel H, Tsai JW, Guiho R, Martínez-Barbera JP, Pusch S, Deng J, Zhai Y, van Tilburg CM, Schuhman MU, El Damaty A, Bandopadhayay P, Herold-Mende C, von Deimling A, Pfister SM, Montero J, Capper D, Oehme I, Sahm F, Jones DTW, Witt O, Milde T. PMID: 35977048; PMCID: PMC10076946.
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    8. Upfront molecular targeted therapy for the treatment of BRAF-mutant pediatric high-grade glioma. Neuro Oncol. 2022 11 02; 24(11):1964-1975. Rosenberg T, Yeo KK, Mauguen A, Alexandrescu S, Prabhu SP, Tsai JW, Malinowski S, Joshirao M, Parikh K, Farouk Sait S, Rosenblum MK, Benhamida JK, Michaiel G, Tran HN, Dahiya S, Kachurak K, Friedman GK, Krystal JI, Huang MA, Margol AS, Wright KD, Aguilera D, MacDonald TJ, Chi SN, Karajannis MA. PMID: 35397478; PMCID: PMC9629451.
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    9. FOXR2 Is an Epigenetically Regulated Pan-Cancer Oncogene That Activates ETS Transcriptional Circuits. Cancer Res. 2022 09 02; 82(17):2980-3001. Tsai JW, Cejas P, Wang DK, Patel S, Wu DW, Arounleut P, Wei X, Zhou N, Syamala S, Dubois FPB, Crane A, Pelton K, Vogelzang J, Sousa C, Baguette A, Chen X, Condurat AL, Dixon-Clarke SE, Zhou KN, Lu SD, Gonzalez EM, Chacon MS, Digiacomo JJ, Kumbhani R, Novikov D, Hunter J, Tsoli M, Ziegler DS, Dirksen U, Jager N, Balasubramanian GP, Kramm CM, Nathrath M, Bielack S, Baker SJ, Zhang J, McFarland JM, Getz G, Aguet F, Jabado N, Witt O, Pfister SM, Ligon KL, Hovestadt V, Kleinman CL, Long H, Jones DTW, Bandopadhayay P, Phoenix TN. PMID: 35802025; PMCID: PMC9437574.
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    10. Somatic mutations in single human cardiomyocytes reveal age-associated DNA damage and widespread oxidative genotoxicity. Nat Aging. 2022 08; 2(8):714-725. Choudhury S, Huang AY, Kim J, Zhou Z, Morillo K, Maury EA, Tsai JW, Miller MB, Lodato MA, Araten S, Hilal N, Lee EA, Chen MH, Walsh CA. PMID: 36051457; PMCID: PMC9432807.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 42     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    11. Structural variants shape driver combinations and outcomes in pediatric high-grade glioma. Nat Cancer. 2022 08; 3(8):994-1011. Dubois FPB, Shapira O, Greenwald NF, Zack T, Wala J, Tsai JW, Crane A, Baguette A, Hadjadj D, Harutyunyan AS, Kumar KH, Blattner-Johnson M, Vogelzang J, Sousa C, Kang KS, Sinai C, Wang DK, Khadka P, Lewis K, Nguyen L, Malkin H, Ho P, O'Rourke R, Zhang S, Gold R, Deng D, Serrano J, Snuderl M, Jones C, Wright KD, Chi SN, Grill J, Kleinman CL, Goumnerova LC, Jabado N, Jones DTW, Kieran MW, Ligon KL, Beroukhim R, Bandopadhayay P. PMID: 35788723; PMCID: PMC10365847.
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    12. Outcomes after first relapse of childhood intracranial ependymoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 08; 68(8):e28930. Tsai JW, Manoharan N, Alexandrescu S, Zimmerman MA, Scully J, Chordas C, Clymer J, Wright KD, Filbin M, Ullrich NJ, Marcus KJ, Haas-Kogan D, Chi SN, Bandopadhayay P, Yeo KK. PMID: 33565268.
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    13. Human Narratives in Science: The Power of Storytelling. Trends Mol Med. 2020 03; 26(3):249-251. Muindi FJ, Ramachandran L, Tsai JW. PMID: 32005566.
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    14. Optimizing the utility of the individual development plan for trainees in the biosciences. Nat Biotechnol. 2018 06 06; 36(6):552-553. Tsai JW, Vanderford NL, Muindi F. PMID: 29874221.
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    15. Saving Ourselves, Our Patients, and Our Profession: Making the Case for Narrative Competence in Pediatrics. Acad Pediatr. 2018 04; 18(3):243-247. Hester CN, Tsai JW. PMID: 29269032.
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