About Charles G. Mullighan

Dr. Charles G. Mullighan joined the Department of Pathology at St. Jude in 2008 and currently serves as the Deputy Director and co-leader of the Hematological Malignancies Program of the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Mullighan holds the William E. Evans Endowed Chair He is also Medical Director of the St. Jude Biorepository. He has received numerous honors including an NCI R35 Outstanding Investigator Award in 2017, the American Society of Hematology William Dameshek Prize, and the Meyenburg Prize for Cancer Research. and in 2016, the inaugural St. Baldrick’s Foundation Robert J. Arceci Innovation Award.

Science Team

Meet the Team

Emily Backhaus
  • Emily Backhaus
  • Lead Researcher
Prady Baviskar, PhD
  • Prady Baviskar, PhD
  • Senior Researcher
Yunchao Chang, PhD
  • Yunchao Chang, PhD
  • Scientist
Qingsong Gao, PhD
  • Qingsong Gao, PhD
  • Bioinformatics Research Scientist
Pankaj Ghate, PhD
  • Pankaj Ghate, PhD
  • Lead Researcher
Ilaria Iacobucci, PhD
  • Ilaria Iacobucci, PhD
  • Senior Scientist
Nichole Michmerhuizen, PhD
  • Nichole Michmerhuizen, PhD
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate
Lindsey Montefiori, PhD
  • Lindsey Montefiori, PhD
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate
Chun Shik Park, PhD
  • Chun Shik Park, PhD
  • Scientist
Petri Polonen, PhD
  • Petri Polonen, PhD
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ruth Wang'ondu
  • Ruth Wang'ondu
  • Instructor, St. Jude Faculty
Yaqi Zhao
  • Yaqi Zhao
  • Scientist