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Harvey Cohen

Contact Information

  • Clinical Offices
    Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 725 Welch Rd Palo Alto, CA 94304
    Telephone Work (650) 497-8953 Fax (650) 497-8101
  • Academic Offices
    Personal Information
    Email punko@stanford.edu Tel (650) 736-7319, (650) 723-5131
    Not for medical emergencies or patient use

Clinical Focus

  • Hematology, Pediatric
  • Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant, Pediatric
  • Oncology (Cancer), Pediatric
  • Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Administrative Appointments

  • Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine - Pediatrics , (1993– present )

Professional Education

  • Boston Children's Hospital (1976) MA
  • Boston Children's Hospital (1974) MA
  • Boston Children's Hospital (1971) MA
  • Duke University Medical Center (1970) NC

Postdoctoral Advisees

Industry Relationships

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  • Service on Board of Directors: Morgridge Institute For Research

Research Interests

My research interests extend from hypothesis-driven studies in biochemistry and cell biology to discovery-driven interests in proteomics and systems biology to clinical treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia of children.

Our biochemical studies have centered on the identification and characterization of members of the glutathione peroxidase family of antioxidant enzymes that contain an enzymatically active selenocysteine residue within the primary structure of the protein.

Recently we have undertaken proteomic investigations whose aim is to identify differences in protein expression that may be biomarkers of diseases in children for which an unequivocal diagnostic test is unavailable, or there is little insight to the mechanism of the disease. This discovery-driven research is being used to identify proteins in plasma or urine of children with Kawasaki Disease, an inflammatory disorder that is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in the pediatric population. Other proteomic investigations are being performed in the areas of prematurity, neonatal disorders, acute lymphocytic and myelogenous leukemia, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and acquired respiratory distress syndromes.

My other clinical interests are found in hematologic and oncologic diseases of children, particularly acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Research is focused on optimization of multi-component chemotherapy and radiation treatment for these children. In addition, research investigations in pediatric palliative care have been initiated.

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