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William Tyler Frantz, MD, PhD

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Biography

William “Tyler” Frantz is a Pediatrics Resident in the American Board of Pediatrics Integrated Research Pathway at the Yale School of Medicine. He completed his MD/PhD at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Medical Scientist Training Program. There, under the mentorship of Dr. Craig Ceol, he leveraged zebrafish to model melanocyte stem cells during regeneration. In addition to his clinical work as a pediatrics resident, Tyler studies hematopoiesis and leukemia predisposition genomics under the mentorship of Dr. Markus Müschen.

Last Updated on May 10, 2025.

Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale University (2029)
Resident Physician
Yale New Haven Hospital (2026)
MD
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (2023)
PhD
University of Massachusetts Morningside School of Biomedical Science, Molecular, Cell, and Cancer Biology (2023)

Research

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

A big-picture view of William Tyler Frantz's research output by year.
11Publications
70Citations

Publications

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2021

2020

2017

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Activities

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    Modeling of Pediatric B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Risk Alleles in the MYC Super-Enhancer

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    Blockade of Discoidin Domain Receptor Signaling with Sitravatinib Reveals DDR2 as a Mediator of Neuroblastoma Pathogenesis and Metastasis

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    Blockade of Discoidin Domain Receptor Signaling with Sitravatinib Reveals DDR2 as a Mediator of Neuroblastoma Pathogenesis and Metastasis

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    DDR2 (Discoidin Domain Receptor 2) defines SCP/bridge subpopulation and is a novel therapeutic target in neuroblastoma

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    Cell-Cell Signaling in Zebrafish Melanocyte Regeneration

Honors

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    Frontiers in Science Scholar

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    Pediatrics Trainee Pilot Grant Award

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    Poster Travel Award

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