Bona Lab
Kira Bona, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Attending Physician, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Bona is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and an attending Pediatric Oncologist at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. Dr. Bona received her MD from the Yale University School of Medicine, and her MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with a focus on clinical effectiveness. She completed her pediatrics residency at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center and her pediatric hematology/oncology subspecialty fellowship training at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children’s Hospital. She was a research fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Joanne Wolfe at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s and Dr. Smita Bhatia at University Alabama Birmingham.
Dr. Bona joined the faculty at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s as a pediatric oncologist in July 2012. In addition to her clinical role treating children with leukemia and lymphoma, Dr. Bona is a physician-scientist with research focused on identifying poverty-associated outcome disparities in childhood cancer and developing interventions to ameliorate these disparities. Dr. Bona has been the recipient of several past awards and honors including a Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, a St. Baldrick’s Fellow Award, a Junior Faculty Career Development Award from the National Palliative Care Research Center, and a Charles H. Hood Child Health Research Grant. Her current research is supported by an National Cancer Institute K07 Mentored Career Development Award.
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Puja Umaretiya, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Research Focus: Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in oncology and palliative care outcomes among children with advanced cancer and their families; barriers and facilitators to clinical trial enrollment for historically marginalized families; development of social needs targeted interventions for pediatric cancer care |
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Daniel Zheng, MD, MHS Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Focus: Social determinants of health on outcomes across the cancer care continuum, with a particular focus on financial toxicity and financial burden in childhood cancer survivors |
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Lenka Ilcisin, MD, MPH Post-doctoral Fellow General Surgery Resident Brigham and Women's Hospital Research Focus: Poverty, race and ethnicity-based disparities in pediatric oncology and surgery with a focus on solid tumors |
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Rahela Aziz-Bose, MD Instructor in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Research Focus: Cardiometabolic health and health disparities in pediatric cancer survivorship |
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Kristine Karvonen, MD, MS Attending Physician, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Seattle Children’s Instructor, University of Washington Research Focus: Racial and ethnic disparities in social determinants of health and outcomes in pediatric oncology |
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Haley Newman, MD Post-doctoral Fellow Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Focus: Studying how social determinants of health and genomics influence disease outcomes for children with leukemia |
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Colleen Kelly, MD Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center |
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Leanne Duhaney, MD, MPH Pediatric Cardiology Fellow Boston Children’s Hospital Morgan Paul, MB Statistician I Data Science, Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
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Rossi Ferrari Fish, MBA Senior Clinical Research Manager Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute CTIP Outcomes Research Group |
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Emily Jones Project Manager: PediCARE Studies, CHEF Study, PACE-SSS Study, RENEW-CCS Study, COG AALL1731 and COG ANBL1531 Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute CTIP Outcomes Research Group |
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Ariana Valenzuela Senior Clinical Research Coordinator Lead-CRC, DFCI 21-091, DFCI 16-001 Embedded HMH Study, DFCI Pediatric RISE, DFCI 22-677 Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute CTIP Outcomes Research Group |
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Jaimie Pheneger, MPH Clinical Research Coordinator II Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center CTIP Hematologic Malignancy |
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Lily Crossman-Sexton, MSW
Clinical Research Coordinator Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center |
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Sunyu Kang, B.S., B.A. Clinical Research Coordinator I Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute CTIP Outcomes Research Group |
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Lucille Lokko Clinical Research Coordinator I Pediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute CTIP Outcomes Research Group |
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Preston Croteau, MPA Program Manager II Pediatric Outcomes Research Group |
Lab Alumni
Jamie Shoag, MD MPH
Post-Doc Fellow
Cleveland Clinic Children's, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant
Maya Ball-Burack, MD
Resident Physician
Seattle Children's Hospital
Alexandria Hawkins
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Lead-CRC, ECHO Protocol, DFCI 20-302 Embedded HMH Study
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
CTIP Outcomes Research Group
Safa Salem
Summer Intern (Ohio State University)
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Leonardo Nguyen
Summer Intern (Boston College)
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Amy Lin
Summer Intern (Wellesley University)
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Julia Kavanagh
Clinical Research Coordinator
Lead-CRC, ECHO Sociodemographic Banking Study
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
CTIP Hematologic Malignancies Research Group
Victoria Koch
Project Manager, DFCI 16001
Lead CRC DFCI 16001 Embedded HMH study
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
CTIP Hematologic Malignancies Research Group
Anna Seo
Clinical Research Coordinator
Lead-CRC PediCARE Pilot Feasibility Study
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
CTIP Hematologic Malignancies Research Group
Emily Risa Schwartz, BA, MS
Harvard Masters in Bioethics Student
Rebecca Silverman
Summer Intern (Wash U)
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Jamie Shoag, MD MPH
Post-Doc Fellow
Cleveland Clinic Children's, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant
Maya Ball-Burack, MD
Resident Physician
Seattle Children's Hospital
Alexandria Hawkins
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Lead-CRC, ECHO Protocol, DFCI 20-302 Embedded HMH Study
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
CTIP Outcomes Research Group
Safa Salem
Summer Intern (Ohio State University)
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Leonardo Nguyen
Summer Intern (Boston College)
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Amy Lin
Summer Intern (Wellesley University)
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Julia Kavanagh
Clinical Research Coordinator
Lead-CRC, ECHO Sociodemographic Banking Study
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
CTIP Hematologic Malignancies Research Group
Victoria Koch
Project Manager, DFCI 16001
Lead CRC DFCI 16001 Embedded HMH study
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
CTIP Hematologic Malignancies Research Group
Anna Seo
Clinical Research Coordinator
Lead-CRC PediCARE Pilot Feasibility Study
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
CTIP Hematologic Malignancies Research Group
Emily Risa Schwartz, BA, MS
Harvard Masters in Bioethics Student
Rebecca Silverman
Summer Intern (Wash U)
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute