BMT Faculty Research

BMT Faculty	Research Interests
Scott Baker, MD, MS Associate Professor baker084@umn.edu	Transplant Biology and Therapy Immunodeficiencies Childhood Cancer- Bone/Soft Tissue Prevention and Etiology Translational Research
Brief Description of Interest: Bone marrow transplantation for hematologic malignancies, immune deficiencies; genetics and therapy of soft-tissue sarcomas; Late effects of BMT.
Bruce Blazar, MD– Section Chief Professor blaza001@umn.edu	Transplant Biology and Therapy
Brief Description of Interest: Graft-versus-host disease, graft-versus-leukemia, and mouse/human tumor immunotherapies.
Wei Chen, MD, PhD Associate Professor chenw@umn.edu	Immunotherapeutics Transplant Biology and Therapy
Brief Description of Interest: T cell-mediated immunotherapy of leukemia and hematological malignancies. Identification of tumor-associated antigens recognized by T cells; dendritic cell-based tumor vaccines.
Keli Hippen, PhD Assistant Professor hippe002@umn.edu	Transplant Biology and Therapy Immunotherapeutics
Brief Description of Interest: Regulatory T cells for T cell tolerance and prevention of autoimmune disease.
Margaret MacMillan, MD – Clinical Director Assistant Professor macmi002@umn.edu	Transplant Biology and Therapy Interventional therapeutics
Brief Description of Interest: Clinical trials in Fanconi anemia, JMML and Acute GVHD.
Angela Mortari, PhD Associate Professor panos001@umn.edu	Transplant Biology and Therapy
Brief Description of Interest: Mechanisms responsible for GVHD & Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome. Genetic and immune parameters responsible for resistance or susceptibility to malignant histiocytosis.
Paul Orchard, MD Associate Professor orcha001@umn.edu	Transplant Biology and Therapy Inborn Errors of Metabolism
Brief Description of Interest: Bone marrow transplant for inborn errors of metabolism. Phase I trials.
Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD Assistant Professor tolar003@umn.edu	Transplant Biology and Therapy Regenerative Medicine Bone Marrow Failure
Brief Description of Interest: Hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic adult stem cells: basic biology, homing, and application for correction of congenital disorders or tissue injury associated with bone marrow transplantation. Non-viral gene therapy for correction of congenital disorders in vivo and ex vivo. Clinical interests include Severe Aplastic Anemia and Dyskeratosis Congenita.
Michael Verneris, MD Assistant Professor verneris@umn.edu	Immunotherapeutics Transplant Biology and Therapy
Brief Description of Interest: The identification, characterization and expansion of innate immune effector cell populations mediating graft vs. malignancy effects (NK-T cells, gamma/delta cells and NK cells). Mechanisms of tumor recognition, homing and cytotoxicity.
John Wagner, MD – Division Head Professor wagne002@umn.edu	Transplant Biology and Therapy Co-Director, Center of Translational Medicine
Brief Description of Interest: Umbilical cord blood transplantation; unrelated donor marrow transplantation; Fanconi anemia
Xianzheng Zhou, MD, PhD Assistant Professor zhoux058@umn.edu	Immunotherapeutics Transplant Biology and Therapy
Brief Description of Interest: Enhancement of Immunotoxicity to leukemia.

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