Karen Wright

Karen Wright, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and an Attending Physician at the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, specializing in pediatric brain tumors. Her clinical focus includes treating high-risk ependymomas and gliomas, with expertise in molecular profiling and precision medicine approaches.

Education:

• Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine (2003)
• Internship: Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (2006)
• Fellowship: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (2010)

Her research emphasizes genomic characterization of pediatric CNS tumors, targeted therapies for BRAF-mutant gliomas, and liquid biopsy applications in tumor monitoring. She leads multi-institutional studies on IDH-mutant glioma and chromosomal aberrations in posterior fossa ependymomas.

Key publication themes (2020–2025) include pediatric neuro-oncology, molecular diagnostics, and clinical trial design for brain tumors. She holds no listed awards but contributes to precision medicine initiatives and data-sharing protocols in pediatric oncology.