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Esther A. Obeng, MD, PhD

Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

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Esther A. Obeng, MD, PhD

Molecular Oncology Division

MS 354, Room D5048C

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-0817(fax)

Affiliations

Department of Oncology

Comprehensive Cancer Center

St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Molecular Oncology Division

Cancer Biology Program

Education

BS - (Biology) University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida PhD - (Microbiology and Immunology) University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida MD - University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Internship and Residency – (Pediatrics) Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA Fellowship – (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Honors & Awards

  • 2019  Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award
  • 2018  American Society for Clinical Investigation Young Physician Scientist Award
  • 2014  Harold Amos Medical Faculty Career Development Award (American Society of Hematology and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
  • 2000  Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship in Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Functional genomics
  • Splicing factor mutations in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
  • Clonal hematopoiesis
  • Epigenetic regulator mutations in MDS
  • Identification of targeted therapies for bone marrow failure syndromes 

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