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Alyssa Lee Kennedy, MD, PhD
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
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Contact Information
Alyssa Lee Kennedy, MD, PhD
Hematology
MS 344, Room D4007E
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Education
BS (Molecular Biology) – Haverford College MD, PhD (Medicine and Molecular Cell Biology) Drexel University College of Medicine Residency (Pediatrics) – Boston Combined Residency Program Fellowship (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology) – Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children’s Hospital
Honors & Awards
- 2010 Lustbader Award, Fox Chase Cancer Center
- 2012 Dr. Lee Winston Award, Drexel University College of Medicine
- 2012 Dr. Amedio Bondi Award, Drexel University College of Medicine
- 2019 St. Baldrick’s Fellowship, St. Baldrick’s Foundation
- 2019 Young Investigator Award, Edward. P Evans MDS Foundation
- 2020 Young Investigator Award, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- 2020 Quinlan Kohn Scholarship, Swachman-Diamond Congress
- 2021-2026 Career Development Award, NIDDK – K08
Research Interests
- Inherited bone marrow failure disorders
- Clonal hematopoiesis
- Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
- Discovery and developmental therapuetics