Osteosarcoma Webinar Series: Keri Schadler, PhD and Kiri Ness, PT, PhD, FAPTA will partner to provide information about the importance of exercise for patients undergoing treatment as well as long term survivors of osteosarcoma. Together, they will provide a clinical perspective as well as an overview of the latest evidence that documents the need for and the initial success of exercise intervention during and after treatment for cancer.

Dr. Schadler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Her lab utilizes mouse models and collaborations with clinical investigators to delineate the multi-faceted effects of exercise on the tumor microenvironment. Specifically, the Schadler lab aims to understand how exercise changes cellular and molecular signaling within the tumor vasculature and immune cells, and to use exercise as a tool to enhance tumor response to standard therapies.

Dr. Ness is a physical therapist and clinical epidemiologist whose research focuses on the late effects of childhood and adolescent cancer and its treatment. She has a particular interest in human movement and performance, designing interventions to prevent functional loss during therapy or remediate impairment following curative treatment. She has over 350 peer reviewed original research papers and has had continuous funding to support her work since 2005. She is the MPI of the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort and PI of the Human Performance Laboratory at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.