I am currently an Instructor of Hematology at Washington University School of Medicine. I am interested in understanding the genomics of blood cancers and how this disease arises. This interest began as a post-bac researcher at the NIH in Dr. Elliott Margulies’ lab where we developed novel tools for genome assembly. I continued with MD/PhD training at WashU in the laboratory of Dr. Todd Druley, where we developed novel tools for rare variant detection. We leveraged these tools to advance our understanding of clonal hematopoiesis and therapy-related leukemia. This solidified my interest in blood cancers, driving me to pursue hematology/oncology fellowship training and join Dr. Grant Challen’s lab as a post-doc. Building upon my prior work, I am now focused on understanding how oncogenic fusions arise and cause disease. My long-term career goal is to run an independent research lab, leveraging a deeper understanding of leukemogenesis to create novel therapies and diagnostic tools.