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Stephen Gottschalk

Stephen Gottschalk MD

Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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Stephen Gottschalk, M.D., has been named chair of the Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. In his new position, Gottschalk will be responsible for the management of the department’s clinical, research, and educational activities. Before joining St. Jude in 2017 as Chair of the Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, he was a member of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy and Texas Children’s Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine. He actively conducts investigator-initiated early-phase clinical studies, and in the laboratory oversees a team of MD and Ph.D. researchers working on peer-reviewed research projects focused on overcoming current limitations of adoptive cell therapies for cancer.

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He co-leads the translational immuno-oncology and immunotherapy initiative at St. Jude and is committed to training the next generation of scientists and academic physicians. His research has been NIH/NCI funded since 2002, and he was elected into the American Society of Clinical Investigation in 2015 for his contributions to the field of cell-based immunotherapies.

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