Boyu Hu MD

Dr. Hu is an assistant professor of hematology and hematologic malignancies at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. He is also a 2020 LRF Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Program scholar (now known as the Lymphoma Scientific Research Mentoring Program). “The mentorship and feedback I received during that program from lymphoma experts immensely improved the scientific rigor of my clinical trial,” he says.

Dr. Hu is inspired by his work with patients with lymphoma and CLL and the challenges they face as they experience relapsing disease. “It’s always difficult to see patients go through standard approaches of treatment, incur a relapse of their disease, and me having very little to offer them,” he says. “Designing new therapies that could improve the outcomes of CLL patients and potentially induce a cure is not only challenging and exciting but also incredibly rewarding.”

Building on the experiences from his LRF research, Dr. Hu hopes to develop expertise in treating DDR-deficient CLL and lymphoma and hopes to one day lead large-scale clinical trials that can establish new standards of care for patients with CLL and lymphoma. Dr. Hu’s research project is part of LRF’s Health Equity Initiative, devoted to addressing barriers in access to care and research in lymphoma.