Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Pediatrics, Duke University 2007 - 2010
  • Pediatric Internship & Residency, Pediatrics, Duke University 2003 - 2006
  • M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 2003
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics 2010 - 2016
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Pediatrics 2006 - 2007
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • ANBL1531 awarded by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 2019 - 2023
  • High Fidelity Diffusion MRI for Children with Cerebral Palsy in Stem Cell Therapy awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2022
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Carpenter, KLH, Major, S, Tallman, C, Chen, LW, Franz, L, Sun, J, Kurtzberg, J, Song, A, and Dawson, G. "White Matter Tract Changes Associated with Clinical Improvement in an Open-Label Trial Assessing Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood for Treatment of Young Children with Autism." Stem Cells Translational Medicine 8, no. 2 (February 2019): 138-147.  Full Text
    • Leckey, BD, Carney, JM, Sun, JM, and Pavlisko, EN. "Novel intronic DICER1 variation associated with pleuropulmonary blastoma in two siblings." Bmj Case Reports 12, no. 1 (January 20, 2019).  Full Text
    • Murias, Michael, Samantha Major, Scott Compton, Jessica Buttinger, Jessica M. Sun, Joanne Kurtzberg, and Geraldine Dawson. “Electrophysiological Biomarkers Predict Clinical Improvement in an Open-Label Trial Assessing Efficacy of Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood for Treatment of Autism..” Stem Cells Translational Medicine 7, no. 11 (November 2018): 783–91. https://doi.org/10.1002/sctm.18-0090.
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    • Sun, JM, and Kurtzberg, J. "Cell therapy for diverse central nervous system disorders: inherited metabolic diseases and autism." Pediatric Research 83, no. 1-2 (January 2018): 364-371. (Review)  Full Text
    • Sun, Jessica M., Allen W. Song, Laura E. Case, Mohamad A. Mikati, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Ryan Simmons, Ricki Goldstein, et al. “Effect of Autologous Cord Blood Infusion on Motor Function and Brain Connectivity in Young Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial..” Stem Cells Translational Medicine 6, no. 12 (December 2017): 2071–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/sctm.17-0102.
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    • Dawson, Geraldine, Jessica M. Sun, Katherine S. Davlantis, Michael Murias, Lauren Franz, Jesse Troy, Ryan Simmons, Maura Sabatos-DeVito, Rebecca Durham, and Joanne Kurtzberg. “Autologous Cord Blood Infusions Are Safe and Feasible in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Results of a Single-Center Phase I Open-Label Trial..” Stem Cells Translational Medicine 6, no. 5 (May 2017): 1332–39. https://doi.org/10.1002/sctm.16-0474.
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    • Sun, Jessica M., Gerald A. Grant, Colleen McLaughlin, June Allison, Anne Fitzgerald, Barbara Waters-Pick, and Joanne Kurtzberg. “Repeated autologous umbilical cord blood infusions are feasible and had no acute safety issues in young babies with congenital hydrocephalus..” Pediatric Research 78, no. 6 (December 2015): 712–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2015.161.
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    • Sun, Jessica M., and Joanne Kurtzberg. “Cord blood for brain injury..” Cytotherapy 17, no. 6 (June 2015): 775–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcyt.2015.03.004.
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    • Englander, Zoë A., Jessica Sun, Jessica Laura Case, Mohamad A. Mikati, Joanne Kurtzberg, and Allen W. Song. “Brain structural connectivity increases concurrent with functional improvement: evidence from diffusion tensor MRI in children with cerebral palsy during therapy..” Neuroimage. Clinical 7 (January 9, 2015): 315–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2015.01.002.
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    • Sun, J. M., and J. Kurtzberg. “Cord blood for brain injury.” Cytotherapy 17, no. 6 (January 1, 2015): 775–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcyt.2015.03.004.
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    • Page, Kristin M., Adam Mendizabal, Brigid Betz-Stablein, Stephen Wease, Kevin Shoulars, Tracy Gentry, Vinod K. Prasad, et al. “Optimizing donor selection for public cord blood banking: influence of maternal, infant, and collection characteristics on cord blood unit quality..” Transfusion 54, no. 2 (February 2014): 340–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.12257.
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    • Page, KM, Mendizabal, A, Betz-Stablein, B, Wease, S, Shoulars, K, Gentry, T, Prasad, VK, Sun, J, Carter, S, Balber, AE, and Kurtzberg, J. "Optimizing donor selection for public cord blood banking: Influence of maternal, infant, and collection characteristics on cord blood unit quality." Transfusion 54, no. 2 (February 1, 2014): 340-352.  Full Text
    • Englander, Zoë A., Carolyn E. Pizoli, Anastasiya Batrachenko, Jessica Sun, Gordon Worley, Mohamad A. Mikati, Joanne Kurtzberg, and Allen W. Song. “Diffuse reduction of white matter connectivity in cerebral palsy with specific vulnerability of long range fiber tracts..” Neuroimage. Clinical 2 (January 2013): 440–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2013.03.006.
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    • Sun, Jessica, June Allison, Colleen McLaughlin, Linda Sledge, Barbara Waters-Pick, Stephen Wease, and Joanne Kurtzberg. “Differences in quality between privately and publicly banked umbilical cord blood units: a pilot study of autologous cord blood infusion in children with acquired neurologic disorders..” Transfusion 50, no. 9 (September 2010): 1980–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02720.x.
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    • Benjamin, Daniel K., P Brian Smith, M Jessica M. Sun, M Dianne Murphy, Debbie Avant, Lisa Mathis, William Rodriguez, Robert M. Califf, and Jennifer S. Li. “Safety and transparency of pediatric drug trials..” Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 163, no. 12 (December 2009): 1080–86. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.229.
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    • Sun, J. M., T. Driscoll, V. K. Prasad, S. Parikh, P. Szabolcs, J. Kurtzberg, and P. L. Martin. “Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation is an Effective Therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome.” Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 15, no. 2 (February 2009): 76–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.12.234.
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    • Baker-Smith, Carissa M., Daniel K. Benjamin, Henry G. Grabowski, Elizabeth D. Reid, Barry Mangum, John V. Goldsmith, M Dianne Murphy, et al. “The economic returns of pediatric clinical trials of antihypertensive drugs..” American Heart Journal 156, no. 4 (October 2008): 682–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2008.05.001.
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  • Book Sections

    • Sun, JM, and Kurtzberg, J. "Cord Blood Transplantation in Hematological and Metabolic Diseases." In Translating Regenerative Medicine to the Clinic, 285-295. January 1, 2015.  Full Text
    • Sun, JM, and Kurtzberg, J. "Emerging uses of cord blood in regenerative medicine-neurological applications." In Cord Blood Stem Cells Medicine, 167-177. December 10, 2014.  Full Text
    • Sun, JM, and Kurtzberg, J. "Umbilical cord blood transplantation." In Neonatal Hematology: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management of Hematologic Problems, Second Edition, 328-336. January 1, 2010.  Full Text

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