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Dr. Michelle L. Hermiston is the Vice Dean of Research in the College of Health Sciences at VinUniversity, Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics and Senior Advisor to the Global Cancer Program at UCSF. Her research focuses on improving the outcomes for children, adolescents, and young adults with leukemia, lymphoma, and histiocytic disorders. She earned her B.S. at the University of Iowa and her MD and PhD degrees at Washington University School of Medicine and the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences. She completed a residency in general pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology at UCSF before joining the faculty in 2003. At UCSF, she director of the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship program for 15 years, developed and led the UCSF Pediatric Immunotherapy Program, served as Associate Director for Education of the Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center Global Cancer Program, and Director of the School of Medicine Core Inquiry Curriculum. Nationally, she is one of the founding members of the North American Consortium for Histiocytoses (NACHO), serves on the Histiocyte Society Scientific Committee, and is Vice Chair for the Children’s Oncology Group Non Hodgkin Lymphoma Steering Committee and Chair of the COG NHL Biology committee. In November, 2025, she moved to VinUniversity in Hanoi, Vietnam to become the first Vice Dean of Health Research.
