Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Hematology Oncology, UCSF
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Education
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, B.A., 1987, History of Art
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, M.D., 1991, Medicine
Harvard University School of Public Health, 1999, Clinical Effectiveness
University California San Francisco Medical School, 2001, Advanced Training in Clinical Research
Professional Experience
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1991-1992
Intern in Pediatrics, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
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1992-1994
Resident in Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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1995-1996
Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, The Children's Hospital, Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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1996-1998
Research Fellow, Division of Hematology-Oncology, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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1998-1999
Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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1999
Research Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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1999-2006
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco Medical School, San Francisco, CA.
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2006-2011
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco Medical School, San Francsico, CA.
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2011-present
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Hematology Oncology, San Francsico, CA.
Honors & Awards
- 1987
Cum Laude, Bryn Mawr College - 1988, 1989
Harriet Judd Sartain Memorial Scholarship - 1990
Hannah Longshore Memorial Scholarship - 1991
Arnold Gold Foundation Award, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons - 1995-1999
Recipient, Research Training Grant (5T32HL07574), PI: Samuel Lux, MD - 1999-2004
Recipient, K23 award, Mentors: D. Gary Gilliland, MD, Ph.D 1999 and Kevin M. Shannon MD, 2000-2004 - 1999-2002
Recipient, Child Health Research Center award, PI: Larry Shapiro, MD, PhD - 2007-2012
Leukemia Lymphoma Society, Scholar in Clinical Research
Selected Publications
- Hartzell C, Ksionda O, Lemmens E, Coakley K, Yang M, Dail M, Harvey RC, Govern C, Bakker J, Lenstra TL, Ammon K, Boeter A, Winter SS, Loh M, Shannon K, Chakraborty AK, Wabl M, Roose JP. Dysregulated RasGRP1 Responds to Cytokine Receptor Input in T Cell Leukemogenesis. Sci Signal. 2013; 6(268):ra21.
View on PubMed - Bunda S, Kang MW, Sybingco SS, Weng J, Favre H, Shin DH, Irwin MS, Loh ML, Ohh M. Inhibition of SRC Corrects GM-CSF Hypersensitivity That Underlies Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia. Cancer Res. 2013 Apr 15; 73(8):2540-50.
View on PubMed - Holmfeldt L, Wei L, Diaz-Flores E, Walsh M, Zhang J, Ding L, Payne-Turner D, Churchman M, Andersson A, Chen SC, McCastlain K, Becksfort J, Ma J, Wu G, Patel SN, Heatley SL, Phillips LA, Song G, Easton J, Parker M, Chen X, Rusch M, Boggs K, Vadodaria B, Hedlund E, Drenberg C, Baker S, Pei D, Cheng C, Huether R, Lu C, Fulton RS, Fulton LL, Tabib Y, Dooling DJ, Ochoa K, Minden M, Lewis ID, To LB, Marlton P, Roberts AW, Raca G, Stock W, Neale G, Drexler HG, Dickins RA, Ellison DW, Shurtleff SA, Pui CH, Ribeiro RC, Devidas M, Carroll AJ, Heerema NA, Wood B, Borowitz MJ, Gastier-Foster JM, Raimondi SC, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Downing JR, Hunger SP, Loh ML, Mullighan CG. The genomic landscape of hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nat Genet. 2013 Mar; 45(3):242-52.
View on PubMed - Hsieh YT, Gang EJ, Geng H, Park E, Huantes S, Chudziak D, Dauber K, Schaefer P, Scharman C, Shimada H, Shojaee S, Klemm L, Parameswaran R, Loh M, Kang ES, Koo HH, Hofmann WK, Andrade J, Crooks GM, Willman CL, Müschen M, Papayannopoulou T, Heisterkamp N, Bönig H, Kim YM. Integrin alpha4 blockade sensitizes drug resistant pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia to chemotherapy. Blood. 2013 Mar 7; 121(10):1814-8.
View on PubMed - Dhanraj S, Manji A, Pinto D, Scherer SW, Favre H, Loh ML, Chetty R, Wei AC, Dror Y. Molecular characteristics of a pancreatic adenocarcinoma associated with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 May; 60(5):754-60.
View on PubMed - Hunger SP, Loh ML, Whitlock JA, Winick NJ, Carroll WL, Devidas M, Raetz EA. Children's Oncology Group's 2013 blueprint for research: acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Jun; 60(6):957-63.
View on PubMed - Ramsey LB, Panetta JC, Smith C, Yang W, Fan Y, Winick NJ, Martin PL, Cheng C, Devidas M, Pui CH, Evans WE, Hunger SP, Loh M, Relling MV. Genome-wide study of methotrexate clearance replicates SLCO1B1. Blood. 2013 Feb 7; 121(6):898-904.
View on PubMed - Loh ML, Zhang J, Harvey RC, Roberts K, Payne-Turner D, Kang H, Wu G, Chen X, Becksfort J, Edmonson M, Buetow KH, Carroll WL, Chen IM, Wood B, Borowitz MJ, Devidas M, Gerhard DS, Bowman P, Larsen E, Winick N, Raetz E, Smith M, Downing JR, Willman CL, Mullighan CG, Hunger SP. Tyrosine kinome sequencing of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group TARGET Project. Blood. 2013 Jan 17; 121(3):485-8.
View on PubMed - Hunger SP, Baruchel A, Biondi A, Evans WE, Jeha S, Loh M, Moericke A, Pieters R, Relling MV, Schmiegelow K, Schrappe M, Silverman LB, Stanulla M, Valsecchi MG, Vora A, Pui CH. The thirteenth international childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia workshop report: La Jolla, CA, USA, December 7-9, 2011. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Feb; 60(2):344-8.
View on PubMed - Yang JJ, Cheng C, Devidas M, Cao X, Campana D, Yang W, Fan Y, Neale G, Cox N, Scheet P, Borowitz MJ, Winick NJ, Martin PL, Bowman WP, Camitta B, Reaman GH, Carroll WL, Willman CL, Hunger SP, Evans WE, Pui CH, Loh M, Relling MV. Genome-wide association study identifies germline polymorphisms associated with relapse of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood. 2012 Nov 15; 120(20):4197-204.
View on PubMed - Maude SL, Tasian SK, Vincent T, Hall JW, Sheen C, Roberts KG, Seif AE, Barrett DM, Chen IM, Collins JR, Mullighan CG, Hunger SP, Harvey RC, Willman CL, Fridman JS, Loh ML, Grupp SA, Teachey DT. Targeting JAK1/2 and mTOR in murine xenograft models of Ph-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood. 2012 Oct 25; 120(17):3510-8.
View on PubMed - Roberts KG, Morin RD, Zhang J, Hirst M, Zhao Y, Su X, Chen SC, Payne-Turner D, Churchman ML, Harvey RC, Chen X, Kasap C, Yan C, Becksfort J, Finney RP, Teachey DT, Maude SL, Tse K, Moore R, Jones S, Mungall K, Birol I, Edmonson MN, Hu Y, Buetow KE, Chen IM, Carroll WL, Wei L, Ma J, Kleppe M, Levine RL, Garcia-Manero G, Larsen E, Shah NP, Devidas M, Reaman G, Smith M, Paugh SW, Evans WE, Grupp SA, Jeha S, Pui CH, Gerhard DS, Downing JR, Willman CL, Loh M, Hunger SP, Marra MA, Mullighan CG. Genetic alterations activating kinase and cytokine receptor signaling in high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Cell. 2012 Aug 14; 22(2):153-66.
View on PubMed - Tasian SK, Doral MY, Borowitz MJ, Wood BL, Chen IM, Harvey RC, Gastier-Foster JM, Willman CL, Hunger SP, Mullighan CG, Loh ML. Aberrant STAT5 and PI3K/mTOR pathway signaling occurs in human CRLF2-rearranged B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood. 2012 Jul 26; 120(4):833-42.
View on PubMed - Wu D, Sherwood A, Fromm JR, Winter SS, Dunsmore KP, Loh ML, Greisman HA, Sabath DE, Wood BL, Robins H. High-throughput sequencing detects minimal residual disease in acute T lymphoblastic leukemia. Sci Transl Med. 2012 May 16; 4(134):134ra63.
View on PubMed - Loh ML, Mullighan CG. Advances in the genetics of high-risk childhood B-progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia and juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia: implications for therapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 May 15; 18(10):2754-67.
View on PubMed - Chen IM, Harvey RC, Mullighan CG, Gastier-Foster J, Wharton W, Kang H, Borowitz MJ, Camitta BM, Carroll AJ, Devidas M, Pullen DJ, Payne-Turner D, Tasian SK, Reshmi S, Cottrell CE, Reaman GH, Bowman WP, Carroll WL, Loh ML, Winick NJ, Hunger SP, Willman CL. Outcome modeling with CRLF2, IKZF1, JAK, and minimal residual disease in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children's Oncology Group study. Blood. 2012 Apr 12; 119(15):3512-22.
View on PubMed - Xu H, Cheng C, Devidas M, Pei D, Fan Y, Yang W, Neale G, Scheet P, Burchard EG, Torgerson DG, Eng C, Dean M, Antillon F, Winick NJ, Martin PL, Willman CL, Camitta BM, Reaman GH, Carroll WL, Loh M, Evans WE, Pui CH, Hunger SP, Relling MV, Yang JJ. ARID5B genetic polymorphisms contribute to racial disparities in the incidence and treatment outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Mar 1; 30(7):751-7.
View on PubMed - Zhang J, Ding L, Holmfeldt L, Wu G, Heatley SL, Payne-Turner D, Easton J, Chen X, Wang J, Rusch M, Lu C, Chen SC, Wei L, Collins-Underwood JR, Ma J, Roberts KG, Pounds SB, Ulyanov A, Becksfort J, Gupta P, Huether R, Kriwacki RW, Parker M, McGoldrick DJ, Zhao D, Alford D, Espy S, Bobba KC, Song G, Pei D, Cheng C, Roberts S, Barbato MI, Campana D, Coustan-Smith E, Shurtleff SA, Raimondi SC, Kleppe M, Cools J, Shimano KA, Hermiston ML, Doulatov S, Eppert K, Laurenti E, Notta F, Dick JE, Basso G, Hunger SP, Loh ML, Devidas M, Wood B, Winter S, Dunsmore KP, Fulton RS, Fulton LL, Hong X, Harris CC, Dooling DJ, Ochoa K, Johnson KJ, Obenauer JC, Evans WE, Pui CH, Naeve CW, Ley TJ, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Downing JR, Mullighan CG. The genetic basis of early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Nature. 2012 Jan 12; 481(7380):157-63.
View on PubMed - Park E, Gang EJ, Hsieh YT, Schaefer P, Chae S, Klemm L, Huantes S, Loh M, Conway EM, Kang ES, Hoe Koo H, Hofmann WK, Heisterkamp N, Pelus L, Keerthivasan G, Crispino J, Kahn M, Müschen M, Kim YM. Targeting survivin overcomes drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood. 2011 Aug 25; 118(8):2191-9.
View on PubMed - Zhang J, Mullighan CG, Harvey RC, Wu G, Chen X, Edmonson M, Buetow KH, Carroll WL, Chen IM, Devidas M, Gerhard DS, Loh ML, Reaman GH, Relling MV, Camitta BM, Bowman WP, Smith MA, Willman CL, Downing JR, Hunger SP. Key pathways are frequently mutated in high-risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Blood. 2011 Sep 15; 118(11):3080-7.
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