Research

The research focus of the Section of Hematology is on the cellular and molecular biology of blood cell differentiation, including hematopoietic stem cell biology.

In addition to the basic research programs of the primary faculty members of the Section, such as Dr. Bernard Forget, a number of faculty members from other departments collaborate closely with members of the Section and participate in an NIH-funded Program Project Grant entitled “The Molecular Basis of Myelopoiesis”.

These faculty members include Dr. Sherman M. Weissman, Department of Genetics and Dr. Diane Krause, Department of Laboratory Medicine. A number of other faculty members of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, including Dr. Brian Smith, Dr. Harvey Rinder, Dr. Peter McPhedran, Dr. Thomas P. Duffy, Dr. Peter Marks, Dr. Lawrence Solomon and Dr. Edward Snyder, carry out basic and clinical research programs that relate directly to hematological topics as well as clinical disorders and provide additional training opportunities for Hematology Fellows.

Finally, research opportunities are available to trainees in many of the basic science laboratories of other investigators in the School of Medicine. Examples of such research programs can be found at the website of the Yale Combined Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences.