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Our Impact

The mission of the UT Southwestern Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Division is to provide excellent, high-value care to infants, children, and adolescents while advancing the field through research and innovation and participating in the education of future physicians at all levels of training.

The growing Division includes faculty members who play a pivotal role in advancing the Division’s clinical and scholarly programs focused on cancer and a myriad of blood diseases.

2024 Impact

  • By the Numbers

    By the Numbers

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    Faculty

    • 44 faculty
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    Clinical

    • 2 clinical sites
    • 28,598 outpatient encounters
    • 2,665 inpatient encounters
    • 1,655 unique patients
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    Education

    • 9 fellows
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    Research

    • 35 active awards
    • 5 State of Texas awards
    • $1,494,030 total funding from grants (FY25)
    • 127 active clinical trials
    • $9,326,019 revenue from clinical trials (FY25)
    • 80 publications
    • 7,554 citations
  • Honors and Awards

    Honors and Awards

    • Ayesha Zia gave the Frank A. Oski Memorial Lectureship at ASPHO (American Society for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology).
    • Olufunke Martin was appointed Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care.
    • Mary Dang was accepted into the ASH 2025 Clinical Research Training Institute (CRTI) program.
    • Grants awarded to faculty members include:
      • Puja Umaretiya, M.D.: 2025 St. Baldrick's Career Development (Scholar) Award; NIH/NCI K08 award
      • Jessica Garcia, M.D.: 2025 Hemostasis & Thrombosis Research Society/Novo Nordisk Clinical Scholar Award in Hemophilia and Rare Bleeding Disorders
      • Xin Li, Ph.D.: NIH/NIAID DP2 Award; Rainin Foundation Innovator Award for his project "Defining Strain-Specific Fungal Induction of Inflammatory Responses in Patients with Crohn's Disease"
      • Gabby Nguyen, M.D.: 2025 Hyundai Young Investigator Grant
      • Kenneth Chen, M.D.: NIH/NCI R01: 2025 Hyundai Hope Scholar Grant
  • Top Publications

    Top Publications

    • Saini S, Sabaeifard P, Coughlin L, Poulides N, Gan S, Zhan X, Dang M, Koh AY, Zia A. Identifying Microbiota and Immune Host Factors Associated With Bleeding Risk in Children With Immune Thrombocytopenia. Am J Hematol. 2025 Jun;100(6):1090-1093. doi: 10.1002/ajh.27669. Epub 2025 Mar 20. PMID: 40110651; PMCID: PMC12323675.
    • Shliakhtsitsava K, Eary R, Hughes A, Betts AC, Cochran C, Eshelman-Kent D, Lawrence S, McCaskill T, Packard C, Bowers DC. The Development of a Dynamic Electronic Health Records Database for Childhood Cancer Survivors at a Single Institution: 30 Years of Data for Clinical and Research Applications. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Jul 8:e31882. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31882. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40629666.
    • Voit RA, Liao X, Caulier A, Antoszewski M, Cohen B, Armant M, Lu HY, Fleming TJ, Kamal E, Wahlster L, Roche AM, Everett JK, Petrichenko A, Huang MM, Clarke W, Myers KC, Forester C, Perez-Atayde A, Bushman FD, Pellin D, Shimamura A, Williams DA, Sankaran VG. Regulated GATA1 expression as a universal gene therapy for Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Cell Stem Cell. 2025 Jan 2;32(1):38-52.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2024.10.012. Epub 2024 Nov 11. PMID: 39532107; PMCID: PMC11698655.
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