Annual Hematology Retreat 2023

Annual Hematology Retreat 2023
The 2nd Annual Hematology Division Research Retreat was held on November 17th, with insightful presentations and engaging discussions amongst Hematology trainees and faculty. Faculty presentations were given by Luis Batista, Ben Jennings, Andrew Young, and Amber Afzal. Trainee oral presentations were delivered by Fan He (Oh Lab), Jeeseung Kim (Kang Lab), and Jingu Lee (Cho Lab). The J. Evan […]

49th Annual Carl Vernon Moore Memorial Lecture

The 49th annual Carl Moore Memorial Lecture was held on November 8, 2023 with invited speaker Katherine High, M.D., discussing her pioneering work developing gene therapy approaches for genetic diseases. The lectureship is in honor of Dr. Carl Moore, a renowned physician-scientist who established the Division of Hematology and later served as Chair of the […]

Siteman Investment Program awards $2 million in cancer research grants (Links to an external site)

Siteman Investment Program awards $2 million in cancer research grants
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine is pleased to announce funding for eight new projects, including research projects focused on prostate cancer, lymphoma, and breast cancer, as well as a team science project with a focus on myeloproliferative neoplasms, a blood malignancy that can develop into acute myeloid leukemia. Also included are two […]

Study reveals how chronic blood cancer transitions to aggressive disease (Links to an external site)

Study reveals how chronic blood cancer transitions to aggressive disease
A type of chronic leukemia can simmer for many years. Some patients may need treatment to manage this type of blood cancer — called myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) — while others may go through long periods of watchful waiting. But for a small percentage of patients, the slower paced disease can transform into an aggressive cancer, […]