Cynthia Dunbar

Cynthia “Cindy” E Dunbar, MD

NIH Distinguished Investigator

Chief, Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, and Head, Molecular Hematopoiesis Section, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Dr. Dunbar is a physician-scientist focusing on stem cell biology, gene therapies, and disorders of hematopoiesis. She runs laboratory and clinical research programs at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH. She has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. She serves as current Secretary of the American Society of Hematology and as past President of the American Society for Cell and Gene Therapy, and as Editor-in-Chief of Blood.