Dr Scadden
professor
heaematology
bioscience ethics
Belgium
Biography
David Scadden is the Gerald and Darlene Jordan professor of Medicine at Harvard University and a haematologist and oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He founded and directs the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital and with Douglas Melton, co-founded and co-directs the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and the Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Board of External Experts for the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and a former member of the National Cancer Institute's Board of Scientific Counselors. He has received multiple honorary degrees, awards and memberships in honorary societies. His work emphasizes targeting the stem cell niche to attain novel therapies for blood diseases.
Research Interest
heaematology
