Patrick J. Hanley PhD

Patrick Hanley, PhD is an assistant research professor of pediatrics in the Center for Cancer and Immunology research at the Children’s Research Institute, a member of the Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and a member of the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Health System. He is the director of the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) facility where novel cell therapies developed in the Program for Cell Enhancement and Technologies for Immunotherapy (CETI) are translated and manufactured for early stage clinical trials.

In addition to GMP regulations, Dr. Hanley is interested in helping to improve outcomes after stem cell transplantation – including bone marrow transplant and cord blood transplant. Along with the CETI director, Dr. Bollard, he has pioneered work in expanding virus-specific immune cells from naïve T cells, such as those present in cord blood or virus-seronegative donors. He is also interested in treating inflammatory diseases such as Graft-versus-Host disease and inflammatory bowel disease using Mesenchymal Stromal Cells manufactured in a GMP-applicable manner.