Jessica Muller Sun
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics 2016
Contact Information
- 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
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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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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Journal Articles
- Sun, JM, Song, AW, Case, LE, Mikati, MA, Gustafson, KE, Simmons, R, Goldstein, R, Petry, J, McLaughlin, C, Waters-Pick, B, Chen, LW, Wease, S, Blackwell, B, Worley, G, Troy, J, and Kurtzberg, J. "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): 2071-2078. Full Text
- Sun, JM, and Kurtzberg, J. "Cell therapy for diverse central nervous system disorders: inherited metabolic diseases and autism." Pediatric research (November 2017). (Review) Full Text
- Dawson, G, Sun, JM, Davlantis, KS, Murias, M, Franz, L, Troy, J, Simmons, R, Sabatos-DeVito, M, Durham, R, and Kurtzberg, J. "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): 1332-1339. Full Text
- Sun, JM, Grant, GA, McLaughlin, C, Allison, J, Fitzgerald, A, Waters-Pick, B, and Kurtzberg, J. "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): 712-716. Full Text
- Sun, JM, and Kurtzberg, J. "Cord blood for brain injury." Cytotherapy 17, no. 6 (June 2015): 775-785. (Review) Full Text
- Englander, ZA, Sun, J, Laura Case, , Mikati, MA, Kurtzberg, J, and Song, AW. "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): 315-324. Full Text
- Sun, JM, and Kurtzberg, J. "Cord blood for brain injury." Cytotherapy 17, no. 6 (January 1, 2015): 775-785. (Review) Full Text
- 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
- 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 2014): 340-352. Full Text Link to Item
- Englander, ZA, Pizoli, CE, Batrachenko, A, Sun, J, Worley, G, Mikati, MA, Kurtzberg, J, and Song, AW. "Diffuse reduction of white matter connectivity in cerebral palsy with specific vulnerability of long range fiber tracts." NeuroImage: Clinical 2, no. 1 (2013): 440-447. Full Text
- Sun, J, Allison, J, McLaughlin, C, Sledge, L, Waters-Pick, B, Wease, S, and Kurtzberg, J. "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): 1980-1987. Full Text Link to Item
- Benjamin, DK, Smith, PB, Sun, MJM, Murphy, MD, Avant, D, Mathis, L, Rodriguez, W, Califf, RM, and Li, JS. "Safety and transparency of pediatric drug trials." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163, no. 12 (December 2009): 1080-1086. Full Text Link to Item
- Sun, JM, Driscoll, T, Prasad, K, Parikh, S, Szabolcs, P, Kurtzberg, Y, and Martin, PL. "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. Full Text Link to Item
- Baker-Smith, CM, Benjamin, DK, Grabowski, HG, Reid, ED, Mangum, B, Goldsmith, JV, Murphy, MD, Edwards, R, Eisenstein, EL, Sun, J, Califf, RM, and Li, JS. "The economic returns of pediatric clinical trials of antihypertensive drugs." Am Heart J 156, no. 4 (October 2008): 682-688. Full Text Link to Item
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