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Senthil Bhoopalan, MBBS, PhD, FAA

Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

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Senthil Bhoopalan, MBBS, PhD, FAA

Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-1793(phone)

Quick Facts

Bhoopalan received the ASPHO Young Investigator Award in recognition of excellence in pediatric hematology/oncology research.

Affiliations

Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy

Education

MBBS - Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, TN, India PhD - University of Maryland, College Park, MD Residency (Pediatrics) - University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV Clinical Fellowship (Pediatric Hematology-Oncology) – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Honors & Awards

  • 2024 DKMS John Hansen Research Award
  • 2024 ASCI Emerging Generation Award
  • 2024 NIH/NIDDK K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
  • 2023 Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Foundation Research Grant
  • 2023 ASH Scholar Award

Research Interests

  • Gene therapy and genome editing
  • Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes, with particular focus on Diamond-Blackfan anemia
  • Role of ribosomes in hematopoiesis
  • Bone marrow transplantation for bone marrow failure syndromes

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