David Wu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor;
Associate Director, UW Hematopathology
Contact Information
University of Washington
Department of Laboratory Medicine, NW120
Hematopathology Laboratory
825 Eastlake, G7800
Seattle, WA 98115
Tel: 206.288.7662
Fax: 206.288.7127
Email: dwu2@uw.edu
Personal Biography
Dr. Wu enjoys reading, running, and spending time with friends and family.
Education and Training
- BS, Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1995
- PhD, Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2001
- MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2003
- Anatomic Pathology, PGY-1 and -2, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2003-05
- Molecular Genetic Pathology, Clinical Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2005
- Molecular Genetic Pathology, Clinical Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2006
- Anatomic Pathology, PGY-3, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2006-07
- Hematopathology, Clinical Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2007-08
Clinical Interests
- Hematopathology
Research Interests
- Molecular diagnostics and prognostication
- Diagnosis of minimal residual disease
Current Research
- Discovery of novel diagnostic markers of hematopoietic neoplasms for diagnostic applications
- Development, validation and clinical application of next-generation sequencing technologies for diagnosis and prognostication
Selected Publications
- D. Wu, A. Sherwood, J.R. Fromm, S.S. Winter, K.P. Dunsmore, M.L Loh, H.A. Greisman, D.E. Sabath, B.L. Wood and H. Robins, "High-throughput sequencing to detect minimal residual disease in Acute T lymphoblastic leukemia," Science Translational Medicine, 4, 123ra63 (2012).
[PubMed] - Mawad R, D. Wu, JL Abkowitz, RB Walter, "Myeloid sarcoma of the heart," Leuk. Lymphoma, 2012 May 21; PMID: 22506643.
[PubMed] - D. Wu, B. Wood, and J. Fromm, Chapter 2, "Flow cytometry for non-Hodgkin and Classical Hodgkin lymphoma," In Lymphoma, Methods in Molecular Biology Series, Humana Press, Edited by R. Kuppers, doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-269-8_2.
[SpringerProtocols] - D. Wu, B. Wood, and J. Fromm, "'Double-hit' mature B-cell lymphomas show a common immunophenotype by flow cytometry that includes decreased CD20 expression," American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 134:258-265, 2010.
[PubMed] - D. Wu, Q. Vu, A. Nguyen, J.R. Stone, H. Stubbs, G. Kuhlmann, L.M. Sholl and A.J. Iafrate, "In situ genetic analysis of cellular chimerism, "Nature Medicine, 15(2):215-219, 2009.
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Honors and Awards
- Stanley L. Robbins Memorial Research Award, Dept. of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2007
- Young Investigator Award, Association for Molecular Pathology, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2006
- Ratheon Company Research Fellow, 2002-2003
- Whitaker Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1996-2001
- Tau Beta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa, 1995
- Harvey H. Jordan Award – Valedictorian, College of Engineering, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1995
- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL and Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
- M.D./Ph.D. Fellowship at University of Minnesota, MN; (all declined), 1995
- Barry M. Goldwater National Scholarship, 3M Engineering Scholar, and International Paper Company Chemical Sciences Scholarship, 1994
- Colgate-Palmolive Scholar and General Mills, Inc. Scholarship, 1993
- Illinois General Assembly Scholarship, 1991
Last updated: 1/22/2013