Jeff Stevens
My name is Jeff Stevens and I am the Clinical Research Supervisor of the Seattle Children’s Biorepository and Precision Medicine Team. I am also the Gift From A Child (GFAC) Tissue Navigator at Seattle Children’s Hospital. With a degree focused in molecular biology and biochemistry I have a background working as the Lead Lab Technician in a cancer lab for over 10 years, and transitioned to working in the clinic in 2014. As the supervisor for our biology, banking, and precision medicine studies, I manage one of the largest pediatric brain tumor cohorts on the West Coast. I am the primary contact for postmortem tumor donation in the Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Seattle Children’s Hospital. I collaborate with several consortiums globally and have been tasked with making it easier for investigators to obtain treatment and outcomes data paired with integrated molecular diagnosis, from all of the families enrolled in the Children’s Brain Tumor Network (CBTN) bio-bank and all other pediatric cancers. As a scientist and a father of two, It is my mission to collaborate with those who wish to end pediatric cancers. It is delightful to work with patient families, providers, scientists, all of the CBTN, GFAC team members that share the desire to improve on the limited treatments we have available for our patient families.
A Simple Two-Step Process
For the family, once a decision has been made to donate, only two things are required. The first is written consent for the child to become a tissue donor, and the second is a single phone call to a tissue navigator at the time of a child’s death to initiate the process.
Written Consent
Written Consent
A Single Phone Call
A Single Phone Call
If you would like to speak with a family that has donated their child’s tissue you can reach out to one of our family companions. Information is available on our Family Companion Page.
Gift from a Child
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