Mullighan Lab Team

About Charles G. Mullighan

Dr. Charles G. Mullighan joined the Department of Pathology at St. Jude in 2008 and currently serves as co-leader of the Hematological Malignancies Program of the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Mullighan holds the William E. Evans Endowed Chair He is also Medical Director of the St. Jude Biorepository. He has received numerous honors including an NCI R35 Outstanding Investigator Award in 2017, the American Society of Hematology William Dameshek Prize, and the Meyenburg Prize for Cancer Research. and in 2016, the inaugural St. Baldrick’s Foundation Robert J. Arceci Innovation Award.

Charles G. Mullighan Bio

Science Team

Meet the Team

Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS (Hons), MSc, MD

Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS (Hons), MSc, MD

Principal Investigator

Member, St. Jude Faculty
Co-Leader, Hematological Malignancies Program
Medical Director, St. Jude Biorepository
William E. Evans Endowed Chair

Emily Backhaus

Emily Backhaus
Senior Researcher

Prady Baviskar, PhD

Prady Baviskar, PhD
Senior Researcher

Yunchao Chang, PhD

Yunchao Chang, PhD
Scientist

Qingsong Gao, PhD

Qingsong Gao, PhD
Bioinformatics Research Scientist

Pankaj Ghate, PhD

Pankaj Ghate, PhD
Lead Researcher

Ilaria Iacobucci, PhD

Ilaria Iacobucci, PhD
Principal Scientist Directing

Nichole Michmerhuizen, PhD

Nichole Michmerhuizen, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Vibhor Mishra, PhD

Vibhor Mishra, PhD
Scientist

Lindsey Montefiori, PhD

Lindsey Montefiori, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Chun Shik Park, PhD

Chun Shik Park, PhD
Scientist

Petri Polonen, PhD

Petri Polonen, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ruth Wang'ondu

Ruth Wang'ondu
Instructor, St. Jude Faculty

Yaqi Zhao

Yaqi Zhao
Scientist