Assistant Professor
Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch
Member
Translational Data Science Integrated Research Center (TDS IRC), Fred Hutch
Dr. Scott Furlan studies the biology of blood stem cell transplantation and cellular immunotherapy for people with cancers and other diseases. He is learning how immune cells, such as T cells, behave during and after treatment, and how changes in immune cell behavior affect treatment outcomes. He aims to use what he learns improve transplantation and T-cell therapies for children. Dr. Furlan employs a method called single-cell genomics, which reveals an unprecedented level of detail about the individual cells in a sample. This technique shows him how immune cells respond to new biological surroundings, or microenvironments, throughout treatment. One particular research focus is immune dysfunction in graft-vs.-host disease, in which transplanted donor immune cells attack a patient’s healthy tissues. He also focuses on learning how to improve T-cell therapy and how transplanted donor immune cells affect cancers.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle Children’s Research Institute 2012-2015 Post-doctoral Fellowship -Transplant Immunology
UT Southwestern Medical Center 2009-2012 Fellowship – Pediatric Hematology Oncology
UT Southwestern Medical Center 2006-2009 Residency - Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine at USC, 2002-2006 MD
Macalester College 1994-1998 Bachelor of Arts
Transcriptomics and epigenomics of graft-versus-host disease and immune reconstitution post hematopoietic cell transplantation
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Adoptive cellular therapy
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Pediatric Oncology
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
— Dr. Scott Nicholas Furlan
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