The Division of Medical Genetics presents:

2024 George Stamatoyannopoulos Lecture featuring Vijay Sankaran, MD, PhD

Vijay Sankaran, MD, PhD

Jan Ellen Paradise, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School
Lodish Family Chair, Boston Children’s Hospital

“Genetic Studies of Human Hematopoiesis”

Vijay G. Sankaran, MD, PhD is the Lodish Family Chair in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Boston Children’s Hospital, the Jan Ellen Paradise, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, an Attending Physician in the Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, and an Associate Member of the Broad Institute. Dr. Sankaran's lab seeks to understand the influence of human genetic variation on blood and immune cell production in health and disease. Their work has resulted in a number of therapies for blood diseases, including sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Dr. Sankaran has received a number of awards for his work including the 2018 Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s Health Research, the 2019 Seldin-Smith Award for Pioneering Research from the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and the 2022 E. Mead Johnson Award from the Society for Pediatric Research. He is an elected member of the Association of American Physicians and the American Society of Clinical Investigation.

This is an in-person event in the Foege Auditorium S060.