Prof. Betty Tyler is a Professor of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University. She runs a highly successful and productive laboratory and has an international reputation for stellar science in the fields of translational research and the local delivery of chemotherapeutic agents for brain tumor therapy. Ms. Tyler’s collaborative efforts with scientists within Johns Hopkins as well as with researchers throughout the United States have led to multiple scientific breakthroughs. In addition to publishing over 180 peer-reviewed articles, she has mentored and taught over 400 neurosurgical residents, medical students, and undergraduate students in research design, surgical techniques and statistical analysis. She directs her work toward therapeutic progress and mentoring new scientists, with the goal of bringing effective therapies to patients with brain tumors.