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Punam Malik, MD


  • Director, Cincinnati Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
  • Program Leader, Hematology and Gene Therapy Program
  • Marjory J. Johnson Chair, Gene and Cell Therapy
  • Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

MBBS: University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, 1985.

MD: University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, 1989.

MS: University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 1991.

Fellowship: Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, 1995.

Services and Specialties

Cancer and Blood Diseases, Sickle Cell and Hemoglobin Disorders

Research Areas

Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cancer and Blood Diseases, Hematology

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Publications

Safety and Efficacy of Aru-1801 in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Early Results from the Phase 1/2 Momentum Study of a Modified Gamma Globin Gene Therapy and Reduced Intensity Conditioning. Grimley, M; Asnani, M; Shrestha, A; Felker, S; Lutzko, C; Arumugam, PI; Witting, S; Knight-Madden, J; Niss, O; Quinn, CT; et al. Blood. 2021; 138:3970-3970.

Towards access for all: 1st Working Group Report for the Global Gene Therapy Initiative (GGTI). Adair, JE; Androski, L; Bayigga, L; Bazira, D; Brandon, E; Dee, L; Deeks, S; Draz, M; Dubé, K; Dybul, M; et al. Gene Therapy. 2021.

Rapid and automated quantitation of dense red blood cells: A robust biomarker of hydroxyurea treatment response. Sadaf, A; Quinn, CT; Korpik, JB; Pfeiffer, A; Reynaud, M; Niss, O; Malik, P; Ware, RE; Kalfa, TA; McGann, PT. Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases. 2021; 90.

Early initiation of hydroxyurea (hydroxycarbamide) using individualised, pharmacokinetics-guided dosing can produce sustained and nearly pancellular expression of fetal haemoglobin in children with sickle cell anaemia. Quinn, CT; Niss, O; Dong, M; Pfeiffer, A; Korpik, J; Reynaud, M; Bonar, H; Kalfa, TA; Smart, LR; Malik, P; et al. British Journal of Haematology. 2021; 194:617-625.

Cardiac pathophysiology in sickle cell disease. Gbotosho, OT; Taylor, M; Malik, P. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 2021; 52:248-259.

Implementation of near-universal hydroxyurea uptake among children with sickle cell anemia: A single-center experience. Karkoska, K; Todd, K; Niss, O; Clapp, K; Fenchel, L; Kalfa, TA; Malik, P; Quinn, CT; Ware, RE; McGann, PT. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2021; 68.

FT-4202, an oral PKR activator, has potent antisickling effects and improves RBC survival and Hb levels in SCA mice. Shrestha, A; Chi, M; Wagner, K; Malik, A; Korpik, J; Drake, A; Fulzele, K; Guichard, S; Malik, P. Blood Advances. 2021; 5:2385-2390.

Safe and Effective In Vivo Targeting and Gene Editing in Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Strategies for Accelerating Development. Cannon, P; Asokan, A; Czechowicz, A; Hammond, P; Kohn, DB; Lieber, A; Malik, P; Marks, P; Porteus, M; Verhoeyen, E; et al. Human Gene Therapy. 2021; 32:31-42.

Left atrial dysfunction in sickle cell anemia is associated with diffuse myocardial fibrosis, increased right ventricular pressure and reduced exercise capacity. Alsaied, T; Niss, O; Tretter, JT; Powell, AW; Chin, C; Fleck, RJ; Cnota, JF; Malik, P; Quinn, CT; Nagueh, SM; et al. Scientific Reports. 2020; 10.

Progression of albuminuria in patients with sickle cell anemia: a multicenter, longitudinal study. Niss, O; Lane, A; Asnani, MR; Yee, ME; Raj, A; Creary, S; Fitzhugh, C; Bodas, P; Saraf, SL; Sarnaik, S; et al. Blood Advances. 2020; 4:1501-1511.

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