Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
Overview
Research in the Sung lab focuses on strategies to reduce complications of HCT and ranges from preclinical studies using murine models of HCT to Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials.
Lab Members
Megan Covington
Lab Research Analyst, Senior
Amy Bush
Lab Research Analyst I
Shara Reihani
Research Program Leader, Sr
Lauren Hill
Research Program Leader
Hilary Winthrop
Clinical Research Coordinator, Tier 2
Andrea Pires
Clinical Research Coordinator, Tier 1
Ernaya Johnson
Clinical Research Specialist, Sr
Yi Ren
Biostatistician III
Ashley Artese
Postdoctoral Scholar
John Bokman
Research Technician II
Current Studies
I am dedicated to the treatment of hematologic malignancies through cellular therapies such as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT). My research focuses on strategies to reduce complications of HCT and ranges from preclinical studies using murine models of HCT to Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials. Areas of interest include the role of the microbiota (the trillions of bacteria living in and on our bodies), nutrition, and exercise in modulating HCT outcomes such as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and infections. In addition to advancing new pharmacological and cellular immunotherapies in support of these goals, we also are developing mobile health technologies (mHealth) to monitor patients at home, both as part of our innovative home transplant program as well as to improve follow up care of all our patients when they return home after transplant.