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Nancy Sobhy Bolous, MD, MA, MSc

Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

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Nancy Sobhy Bolous, MD, MA, MSc

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

Affiliations

St. Jude Global

St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Short Biography

Dr. Nancy S. Bolous is an Assistant Member (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in the Department of Global Pediatric Medicine at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. With academic training in both medicine and health economics, she has built her career around one goal, helping healthcare systems make better decisions through rigorous economic evidence.

At St. Jude, Dr. Bolous leads the institution's health economics portfolio, where she develops innovative economic models that help hospitals, governments, and global organizations evaluate new interventions, allocate resources efficiently, and plan for sustainable healthcare delivery. Her research has shaped the understanding of treatment costs and value in pediatric hematology, oncology, and global child health, while advancing practical tools that can be adapted across healthcare systems worldwide. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications that have contributed to the evidence base for healthcare policy and economic decision-making. She collaborates closely with international partners, including the World Health Organization, the UNICEF and IARC to translate research into policies that improve health outcomes.

Alongside her research, Dr. Bolous serves as faculty in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at St. Jude, where she leads the 15-week Health Economics course in the Global Child Health Master's Program. As course lead, she oversees curriculum development, teaching, student assessment, and mentoring. She also supervises master's theses and mentors graduate students at St. Jude and through external academic collaborations, helping prepare the next generation of global health leaders.

Before joining St. Jude, Dr. Bolous managed major public health initiatives across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Ghana through leadership roles at 57357 Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt and IQVIA, Egypt. These experiences continue to shape her commitment to developing practical, evidence-based solutions that enable countries to maximize the impact of limited healthcare resources.