Joelle Payne Straehla, MD

Pronounced: Joe - elle Stray - la
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
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Joelle Payne Straehla, MD

Specialties

"I believe that children with brain and spinal cord tumors deserve access to cutting edge treatments that are thoughtfully designed to minimize side effects to the growing brain. As a physician-scientist, I lead a team of diverse, lab-based researchers seeking to bring new drug delivery technologies to the clinic. We collaborate with physicians, engineers and biologists to understand the real world challenges facing children with cancer and build better treatments. "

  • Biography

    Joelle Straehla, M.D. is a principal investigator at Seattle Children's Research Institute and a pediatric oncologist in the Brain Tumor Program at Seattle Children's Hospital. She is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. The Straehla lab seeks to advance drug delivery technologies for pediatric cancers, with a special interest in cancer nanomedicine. In the clinic, she cares for children with brain and spinal cord tumors, and is involved locally and nationally in consortia focused on improving brain tumor drug delivery through collaborative research.

     

    Dr. Straehla received her M.D. from Northwestern University, then completed her pediatric residency training at Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington. She completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, where she gained additional training in biological and chemical engineering in the laboratory of Dr. Paula Hammond at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Seattle Children's in 2024, she was an Instructor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and a Charles W. (1955) and Jennifer C. Johnson Clinical Investigator at MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.  Her goal is to harness cutting edge engineering methods to improve outcomes for children with cancer.

    Board Certification(s)

    Pediatrics
    Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

    Education

    Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    Residency

    University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

    Fellowship

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

    Clinical Interests

    Pediatric brain tumors, Drug delivery, Experimental Therapeutics

    Research Description

    The Straehla Lab, located at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, focuses on accelerating the translation of drug delivery technologies for cancer therapy, with a special emphasis on using nanomedicines in cancers. Led by Dr. Joelle Straehla, a pediatric oncologist specializing in brain and spinal cord tumors, the lab operates at the intersection of nanotechnology and cancer biology. By bridging the gap between innovative engineering tools and clinical practice, the Straehla Lab aims to overcome drug delivery challenges and accelerate the implementation of nanomedicine in cancer treatment, particularly for pediatric patients.

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