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Wendy Darlington 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. She is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist whose primary research focuses on examining health outcomes in patients with sickle cell disease. Additionally, she serves as the clinical director of the pediatric neuro-oncology program at the University of Chicago, where she is interested in caring for both benign and malignant hematologic disorders in children. Dr. Darlington graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston with her MD in 2009 and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. She also underwent a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at the University of Chicago. In 2014, she received her Master of Arts in Public Policy from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Her research leverages sickle cell disease as a model for chronic childhood illness, focusing on the complex interactions between health outcomes and socioeconomic indicators, as well as public policies aimed at improving access to healthcare.
University of Chicago • Chicago, IL
Pediatric hematologist/oncologist focusing on sickle cell disease and neuro-oncology.
Department of Philosophy