Caroline Smith

Caroline Smith is an Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center, specializing in the Division of Hematology and Oncology. She joined UT Southwestern in 2023 after completing residency training at Boston Children’s Hospital and fellowship training in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at UT Southwestern/Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Biology with a minor in American Studies (Stanford University)
• Medical degree (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
• Pediatrics Residency (Boston Combined Residency Program)
• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship (UT Southwestern)

Research Interests: Her work focuses on novel targeted cancer therapies for relapsed/refractory leukemia, particularly in infant leukemia and leukemias with KMT2A rearrangements. She investigates the tumor microenvironment and develops CAR-T cell therapies under the mentorship of Dr. Samuel John in the Alec Zhang Lab.

Labs/Teams: Active member of the Alec Zhang Lab, collaborating on translational research in pediatric oncology.