Email

rouce@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Pediatrics-Hem-Onc Education
Center for Cell and Gene Therapy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Faculty Senator

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital, Clinical Care Center (Clinic)

6701 Fannin St
14th floor
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-4242

Education

Internship at The University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, TX

Pediatrics

Residency at The University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, TX

Pediatrics

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

MD from The University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, TX

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics: Hematology and Oncology

#681174

American Board of Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

Selected Publication Peer Reviewer (Blood, Cytotherapy, Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Molecular Therapy)

Professional Interests

• Immunotherapy, Cell and Gene Therapy, Leukemia/Lymphoma

Professional Statement

Based on my clinical interests in leukemia and lymphoma, specifically how to harness the immune system to recognize and attack tumors, during fellowship I embarked on a laboratory project that identified a previously undescribed mechanism of ALL immune evasion from NK cell surveillance. I have spent the past two years in the translational research laboratories of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy (CAGT) in order to achieve my goal of becoming a clinical investigator conducting immunotherapy trials. My clinical time is spent seeing leukemia and lymphoma patients.

Websites

Professional Development

ASBMT Clinical Research Training Course

Course (Presenter)

ASGCT Annual Meeting

Conference (Presenter)

Sponsor: ASGCT Annual Meeting

NCI Hematological Malignancies Workshop

Workshop (Presenter)

ASBMT Annual Meeting

Conference (Presenter)

Sponsor: ASBMT

COG Annual Meeting

Conference (Presenter)

Sponsor: COG

Selected Publications

• Mamonkin, M., Rouce RH, Tashiro H, and Brenner MK. "A T cell-Directed Chimeric Antigen Receptor for the Selective Treatment of T cell Malignancies." Blood. 2015;
• R. Rouce, C. Louis, H. Heslop "Epstein-Barr virus lymphoproliferative disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplant.." Current Opinions in Hematology. 2014 Nov;
• G Weber, I Caruana, R Rouce, John Barrett..... Ann Leen, Karen Rabin, and Catherine Bollard. "Generation of tumor antigen-specific T cell lines from pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia - implications for immunotherapy." Clinical Cancer Research.;
• R. Rouce "More than Memory: The potential of adaptive NK cells." BBMT.;

Projects

Banked Third Party CTLs for refractory EBV+ Lymphoma

Memberships

ASH

ASBMT

ASGCT

COG

Texas Medical Association

Alternate Delegate; Member

Funding

Career Development Award

$225,000.00 (03/01/2015 - 03/01/2018)

Grant funding from Lymphoma Research Foundation

AMFDP

Grant funding from Harold Amos/American Society of Hematology

Research Program

Grant funding from NMDP/Amy Strelzer Manasevit

T-Cell Lymphoma Dream Team

Stand Up To Cancer

Languages

Spanish