Saghi Ghaffari, MD, PhD
- PROFESSOR | Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology
- PROFESSOR | Oncological Sciences
Research Topics:
Blood, Cancer, Cell Transformation, Hematopoiesis, Leukemia, Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, Stem CellsSaghi Ghaffari MD-PhD is a Professor in Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology and a member of Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Tisch Cancer Institute. Dr. Ghaffari is a stem cell biologist with expertise in blood and blood disorders. She was trained in medicine and obtained her medical degree (Doctorat D'Etat) in Paris, France, before completing her PhD in Vancouver, Canada. She was a clinical scientist at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT in Cambridge, MA, after which she joined the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
To learn more visit the lab here https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Cancer Biology [CAB], Development Regeneration and Stem Cells [DRS]Education
MD, Universite de Paris XII, Paris, France
Clinical Scientist, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MSc, Universite de Paris XII, Paris, France
PhD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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2015
American Society of Hematology Bridge Grant Award -
2011
Myeloproliferative Neoplam (MPN) Foundation -
2008
Roche Foundation for Anemia Research (RoFAR) Award -
2008
Irma Hirschl/Weill-Caulier Trust Research Award -
1998
NIH Clinician Scientist Career Award -
1998
American Cancer Society Research Scholar -
1991
Terry Fox Physician-Scientist Fellowship National Cancer Institute of Canada
Blood, Blood Disorders and Stem Cells
The Ghaffari lab works on exposing mechanisms that maintain healthy blood stem and progenitor cell production throughout life that may be perturbed in blood disorders. The lab explores these mechanisms to ultimately improve blood production for therapy including bone marrow transplantation and to interfere with disease. The topics of interest in the laboratory are blood forming (hematopoietic) stem cells, their alterations with aging and in myeloid malignancies as well as maturation of red blood cells and their alterations in disease. We are particularly focused on metabolic programs regulated through organelles outside of the nucleus that impact blood production. This approach has been fruitful in identifying new players that are promising in their potential impact on bone marrow transplantation. In carrying our work forward, we have set up multiple collaborations with investigators at Mount Sinai and elsewhere. Several projects derived from our work are available to PhD and MD/PhD students at Mount Sinai.
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Dr. Ghaffari did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2022 and/or 2023: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
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