Dr. Wendy Darlington

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Wendy Darlington, MD, MAPP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago and a member of the Chicago Sickle Cell Disease Research Group. Dr. Darlington's primary research focuses on examining health outcomes in patients with sickle cell disease. She is the clinical director of the pediatric neuro-oncology program at the University of Chicago and is interested in caring for both benign and malignant hematologic disorders in childhood. Dr. Darlington graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston with her MD in 2009 and completed her pediatrics residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, followed by a pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Chicago. In 2014, she received a Master of Arts in Public Policy from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Her current research examines the complex interactions between health outcomes and socioeconomic indicators using a sickle cell disease model of chronic childhood illness, with a focus on understanding public policies intended to increase access to appropriate healthcare utilization and improve patient outcomes.

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Awards

#2015

Outstanding Service Award

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Department of Philosophy