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Nickhill Bhakta, MD, MPH

Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty

Director, Sub-Saharan Africa Region, St. Jude Global

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Contact Information

Nickhill Bhakta, MD, MPH

Global Pediatric Medicine

MS 721, Room S2013

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

MemphisTN 38105-3678

Education

AB - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island MD - University of Cincinnati, Ohio MPH - Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts Internship and Residency - Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Fellowship - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

Honors & Awards

  • 2018-2021  St. Baldrick’s Scholar (Morgan and Friends Hero Fund), St. Baldrick’s Foundation
  • 2016  Bradley Stuart Beller Merit Award, Conquer Cancer Foundation
  • 2015-2017  St. Baldrick’s Fellow (Morgan and Friends Hero Fund), St. Baldrick’s Foundation
  • 2013  Victor E. Stork Excellence and Future Promise in Pediatrics Award, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles
  • 2013  Laura E. Mabie Resident Teaching Award, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles

Research Interests

  • Disease burden estimation, decision analysis, global epidemiology of childhood cancer
  • Prioritization and the cost-effectiveness of childhood cancer treatment in low and middle income countries
  • Pediatric leukemia, cancer survivorship

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