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Hematology / Oncology

Michael J. Absalon, MD, PhD

Appointment

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Email

michael.absalon@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4266

Credentials

BS: Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, 1987
PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1994
MD: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, 1998
Fellowship: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 2005

Awards and Honors

  • AACR Workshop on Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology, 2002
  • Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin, Dept. Pediatrics, 2001
  • American Society of Hematology Summer Research Fellowship, Oregon Health Sciences University, 1995
  • Elected to Sigma Xi, The Research Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992
  • Honors in Chemistry, Lewis and Clark College, 1987

Research

New therapeutics; ataxia telangiectasia; DNA damage response mechanisms

Publications, Most Recent

Connect to Mike Absalon's publications on PubMed

Takagi M, Absalon MJ, McLure KG, Kastan MB. Regulation of p53 translation and induction after DNA damage by ribosomal protein L26 and nucleolin.Cell. 2005 Oct 7;123(1):49-63.

Presentations, Most Recent

"Childhood Leukemia"; Third Annual Cincinnati Children's BMTIOilcology Nursing Symposium, Covington, KY, May 1, 2006.

Absalon MJ, McCarville MB, Liu T, Cain AM, Navid F. "Pulmonary nodules in the initial evaluation of pediatric patients with bone and soft-tissue sarcoma."Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2004 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings, 22(14S):8549, 2004. [Poster presentation].

Professional Organization Memberships

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • Children's Oncology Group. Associate member

Special Interests

Relapsed Leukemia and Lymphoma

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