Kathryn Dickerson, M.D.

Kathryn E. Dickerson, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, and 2015 Translational Research Scholar in the UTSW Center for Translational Medicine. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry with a minor in Spanish from Indiana University. Before attending medical school, she completed a post-baccalaureate research training program at the NIH working, in the laboratory of Dr. Lee Weinstein. She returned to Indiana University to earn her medical degree, working in the laboratory of Dr. Nadia Carlesso. She completed her pediatric residency training in an integrated research pathway at The Ohio State University/Nationwide Children's Hospital, working in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Caligiuri. Her clinical interest is pediatric hematology with an emphasis on bone marrow failure disorders and cancer predisposition. Her research interest is in the epigenetic regulation of myeloid development in models of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), myeloproliferative disorders (MPD), and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Dr. Dickerson conducts her research under the mentorship of Dr. Jian Xu of the Children's Research Institute.