Expert Profile
Dr. Daniela Bota
Associate Dean of Clinical Research and Associate Professor of Neurology
Dr. Daniela A. Bota is a UCI Health neuro-oncologist who specializes in the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors.
Areas of Expertise
- Clinical Trials
- Neuro-Oncology
- Brain Cancer
- Neurology
- Brain Tumors
Biography
Dr. Daniela A. Bota is a UCI Health neuro-oncologist who specializes in the treatment of primary and metastatic brain and spinal cord tumors, as well as in the neurological complications of cancers.
Bota is co-director of the UCI Health Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program and is a lead investigator on several clinical trials, including novel treatments using brain tumor vaccines and the use of electrical fields to inhibit the growth of gliomas.
Media
Media Appearances
Novel approaches to malignant brain tumor treatment aim to overcome familiar challenges
Healio, 1/27/2022
A Cancer-Quashing Microbe Emerges from the Deep
Hakai Magazine, 8/31/2021
UCI Health Research Leads Fight Against COVID-19
Irvine Standard, 8/20/2020
Trump brags that he’s helping patients access medical ‘miracles.’ He isn’t.
The Washington Post, 11/15/2019
Scientists develop a blood test to predict how long patients with the aggressive brain cancer that killed John McCain will live - and it could lead to custom treatments
Daily Mail, 10/30/2019
Glioblastoma patient's tumor no longer measurable thanks to promising clinical trial
Fox News, 10/14/2019
Brain Cancer Patient Is First to Get Untested Treatment Under Trump-Backed Law
Bloomberg, 1/10/2019
Articles
Mitochondrial-associated impairments of temozolomide on neural stem/progenitor cells and hippocampal neurons
Mitochondrion
Rindopepimut with Bevacizumab for Patients with Relapsed EGFRvIII-Expressing Glioblastoma (ReACT): Results of a Double-Blind Randomized Phase II Trial
Clinical Cancer Research
A Novel Rat Ovarian Cancer Model Developed to Examine Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairments
Gynecologic Oncology
Management of low-grade glioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Neuro-Oncology Practice
Education
University of Southern California
PhD, Molecular Biology, 2003
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
MD, 1997
Accomplishments
- Physicians of Excellence, Orange County Medical Association
- Southern California Rising Star™
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
- American Federation of Aging Research Glenn/AFAR Fellowship
Affiliations
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Society of Neuro-Oncology
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Academy of Neurology
Research Grants
The Mechanisms of Chemotherapy Induced Cognitive Defects
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2011-2012