Jennifer Okalova

Hi there, my name is Jennifer and I am a Pharmacology Ph.D. Student at Emory University. I am conducting research in the Spencer Lab at the AFLAC Pediatric Cancer & Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. At the Spencer Lab I am studying hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy for Hemophilia A as well as Sickle Cell Disease. I am specifically interested in developing non-genotoxic conditioning regimens to prepare patients for bone marrow transplants. By studying gene therapy, I