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Maria Castellanos, MD

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th Street, #4651
San Francisco CA 94158
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
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    University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NVB.S05/2010Cell and Molecular Biology
    Howard University College of Medicine, Washington D.C.M.D. 05/2014Medicine
    Stanford University/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, CA06/2017Pediatrics Residency
    Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX06/2021Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship
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    University of California San Francisco Dean's Diversity Fund 2024  - 2024Watson Scholar
    Children's Oncology Group 2023  - 2023Highest Scoring Abstract, Children’s Oncology Group Diversity and Health Disparities Committee Meeting
    Baylor College of Medicine2022  - 2022Award of Excellence for Panel Presentation at Pediatric Grand Rounds
    Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital 2021  - 2021Quality Award of Cancer and Hematology (QACH) Award
    American Society of Hematology Committee on Quality 2021  - 2021American Society of Hematology Choosing Wisely Champion
    Baylor College of Medicine2020  - 2020Nomination for Gold Humanism Honor Society
    Baylor College of Medicine2019  - 2019Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research (COE) Clinical Fellow Scholar
    Academic Pediatric Association (APA)2016  - 2016New Century Scholar
    Stanford University 2015  - 2015Stanford Society of Physician Scholars
    Stanford University2015  - 2015Pediatric Clerkship Teaching Honor Roll
    Stanford University2015  - 2015Pediatric Clerkship Letter of Distinction for Teaching
    Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society 2014  - 2014Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Member
    Howard University College of Medicine 2011  - 2011Howard University Trustee Scholarship Award (given to high academic performing medical students)
    NIH IDeA Network for Biomedical Research 2008  - 2008Research Scholarship
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas2008  - 2008McNair Scholar
    American Society of Microbiology 2008  - 2008Best Undergraduate Research Presentation Award
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas2005  - 2005College of Sciences Dean's Honor List, 2005-2010

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    My research goal is to characterize, study, and identify remedies to mitigate the socioeconomic, biological, and clinical factors that impact treatment outcomes and survival in children with cancer, with a specific interest in pediatric leukemias. I study geospatial differences among communities that impact cancer survival outcomes.

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    Comparing geospatial disparities for children with acute leukemia living in California and Texas
    UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) Cancer Control Pilot Award May 30, 2024 - May 31, 2025
    Role: Principle Investigator
    Latinx Center of Excellence (COE) HRSA Grant
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HRSA-22-042Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
    Role: UCSF Population Health and Health Equity Scholar

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    1. Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonists for Thrombocytopenia in Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Mar; 72(3):e31528. Marinoff AE, Thrall A, Aaronson K, Braun BS, Castellanos M, Chu J, Hermiston M, Huang BJ, Levinson A, Southworth E, Winger BA, Olshen A, Stieglitz E. PMID: 39780402; PMCID: PMC12103215.
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