Research

The research activities of the Hematology Section include both clinical and laboratory research. Details of research interests of each faculty are noted in their individual pages.

Current areas of laboratory research programs include immunobiology of plasma cell diseases, and cellular and molecular biology of blood cell production and hematopoiesis. The research activities are funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Areas of clinical research interest include myeloma and related plasma cell disorders, coagulopathies and non-malignant hematology (Peter McPhedran), sickle cell disease and palliative care (Jennifer Kapo). Other faculty affiliated with the section (Brian Smith, Henry Rinder) also carry out basic and clinical research related to hematology. Research programs in hematologic malignancies are in close collaboration with colleagues in the Hematology Program at Yale Cancer Center.

In addition to the individual research programs of primary faculty members of the Hematology Section, collaborative research projects are ongoing with faculty members of several other departments, such as Laboratory Medicine, Pathology, Immunobiology and Genetics, who have common research interests.