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Georgios Christakopoulos, MD

Instructor, St. Jude Faculty

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Hematology

MS 355, Room C6001

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis, TN 38105-3678

MD - University Athens School of Health Sciences, Athens, Greece
Clinical Fellow (Pediatric Hematology, Oncology & BMT) - St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Resident (Pediatrics - Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP), Integrated Research Pathway) - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Cardiology) - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Hematology) - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Blood & Marrow Transplantation) - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Hematology) - St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

2023 ASH Research Training Award for Fellows (RTAF) Grant (2nd year)
2022 ASH Research Training Award for Fellows (RTAF) Grant
2021 Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
2019 Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
2019 ASH HONORS Award Grant
2016 Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology, ASH Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
2013 “Summa Cum Laude” Medical School Academic excellence scholarship: “Latsis Foundation”

Developing genome editing strategies to cure β-thalassemia
Investigating the role of ULK1-dependent non-canonical autophagy in mediating the pathophysiology of b-thalassemia
Non-coding RNAs in red blood cell formation, including microRNAs and long non-coding RNAs