Lena Winestone, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

lena.winestone@ucsf.edu 415-476-2188

My research explores racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in access to care and outcome of leukemia and lymphoma treatment. I study access to care across the continuum of pediatric cancer from diagnosis and clinical trial enrollment through treatment and relapse to salvage therapies.

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My research has shown that African American children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, and mature B cell lymphoma are two times more likely to present with organ failure at the time of a new cancer diagnosis. My ongoing work investigates access to highly specialized and complex therapies such as stem cell transplant, chimeric antigen receptor T cells, and MIBG therapy.

Awards

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  • Clinician Scientist Development Grant, American Cancer Society, 2022-2026
  • Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award, BMSF, 2022-2024
  • Fellow to Faculty Scholar Award, American Society of Hematology, 2020-2022
  • Young Investigator Award, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, 2016-2019
  • Paul Calabresi Career Development Award for Clinical Oncology (K12), National Cancer Institute/Abramson Cancer Center, 2016-2018
  • Clinical Research Training Institute, American Society of Hematology, 2016-2017
  • Fellow Award, Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, 2016-2017

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California San Francisco 2020
  • Fellowship Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 2016
  • MSHP Health Policy Research Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 2016
  • Residency Pediatrics Lucile Packard Children's Hospital 2012
  • MD Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine 2009
  • BA Biochemistry University of Pennsylvania 2004

Interests

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  • Immunotherapy
  • Vulnerable Populations
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Pediatric Leukemia
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
  • Access to Care
  • Disparities
  • Outcomes Research

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (79)

Top publication keywords:
Healthcare DisparitiesPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaThrombotic MicroangiopathiesHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationDelayed DiagnosisPrecursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaRoseolovirus InfectionsBurkitt LymphomaIncomeNeoplasmsHerpesvirus 6, HumanLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteChildLeukemiaSpecialization

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