Experts who participated at the SAMD9/SAMD9L St. Jude conference

Researchers Affiliation
Akiko Nagamachi, MD, PhD Division of Molecular Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Akiko Shimamura, MD, PhD Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Alison Bertuch, MD, PhD Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Bonnie Lau, MD, PhD Pediatric Hematology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Brigitte Strahm, MD Division of Hematology and Oncology, University Children’s Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Catherine (Katie) Nelson, DO Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Charlotte Niemeyer, MD Division of Hematology and Oncology, University Children’s Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Hirotaka Matsui, MD, PhD Department of Molecular Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University Hospital, Honjō, Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
Inga Hofmann-Zhang, MD Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Program, University of Wisconsin, American Family Children’s Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Jasmine C.Y. Wong, PhD Department of Pediatric Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Jason Schwartz, MD, PhD Clinical Education and Training, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Jean Soulier, MD, PhD Hematology Lab, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Université de Paris, Paris
Jeffrey M. Klco, MD, PhD Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Jessica Boklan, MD Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Jia Liu, PhD Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
John Achermann, MD, PhD Department of Genetics & Genomic Medicine, University College London (UCL) Great Ormond Street (GOS) Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
Junpeng Deng, PhD Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Kanako Tanase-Nakao, PhD Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
Katherine Calvo, MD, PhD Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Kevin Shannon, MD Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Kyle Hewitt, PhD Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Lauren Jeffries, DO, FACMG Yale University School of Medicine, Yale Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Lisa J. McReynolds, MD, PhD Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Marcin W. Wlodarski, MD, PhD Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Marie Sebert, MD, PhD Hematology Department, The National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), St. Louis Research Institute, Université de Paris, GFM (Groupe Francophone des Myelodysplasies), Paris, France
Melvin Thomas, PhD Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Prof. Luiz Fernando Lopes Children's Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
Rakesh K. Goyal, MD, MRCP Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Raphaela T. Goldbach-Mansky, MD, MHS Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (LCIM, Division of Intramural Research (DIR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Sara Lewis Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
Sarah A. Bannon, MA  Department of Clinical Cancer Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Satoshi Narumi, MD, PhD Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
Shang-Hsien Yang, MD Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Shinsuke Hirabayashi, MD, PhD Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Sushree S. Sahoo, PhD Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Taizo Nakano, MD Medical Director, Vascular Anomalies Center, Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
Thierry Leblanc, MD L'hôpital Robert-Debré, Paris, France
Timothy Olson, MD, PhD Division of Pediatric Hematology, Cell Therapy and Transplant and Bone Marrow Failure Center, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania, USA
Toshiya Inaba, MD, PhD Department of Molecular Oncology and Leukemia Program Project, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Victor B. Pastor, PhD Division of Hematology and Oncology, University Children’s Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Wendy H. Raskind, MD, PhD Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Yan Xiang, PhD Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Yigal Dror MD, FRCP(C) Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada