About Jeffery Klco
Dr. Jeffery Klco is a physician scientist that received both his MD and PhD at Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Anatomic Pathology, fellowship in Hematopathology and trained as a post-doctoral fellow under Tim Ley in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) genomics and mouse models, also at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Klco is a leader in the St. Jude Pathology Department and Director of the Division of Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology. He has an independent research program focused on defining the molecular and biological causes of pediatric myeloid tumors. As both a physician and a scientist, Dr. Klco is uniquely positioned to tailor his research in the lab to study what he observes in patients to maximize the impact of his results.
Meet the Team
- Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
- Director, Division of Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology
- Juan Martin Barajas, PhD
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Lisett Contreras, PhD
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Lauren Ezzell
- Graduate Student
- Ryan Hiltenbrand
- Lead Researcher
- Jing Ma, PhD
- Principal Bioinformatics Research Scientist
- Lauren Mascibroda, PhD
- Lead Researcher
- Chandra Rolle
- Researcher
- Guangchun Song
- Bioinformatics Specialist
- Melvin Thomas, PhD
- Scientist
- Masayuki Umeda, MD
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Michael Walsh, PhD
- Bioinformatics Research Scientist
- Tami Westover
- Director of Laboratory Operations
- Emily Xiong
- Sr. Researcher