# Dr. Trista North Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Stem Cell Program, Department of Hematology/ Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital DRB Co-Director ![Image Failed to Load](/sites/g/files/omnuum9961/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/drb1/files/trista_north.jpg?itok=XQ0oS8LE) smartphone [617-919-6410](tel:617-919-6410) email laptop\_windows [Lab Website](https://www.fishing4stemcells.org) DRB office hours: Friday 10am-12pm or email to schedule appointment **Trista North, Ph.D.** Dr. Trista E. North received her BA, with honors in Biology, from Bowdoin College in 1996, and PhD from Dartmouth College in 2002. Her graduate work with Dr. Nancy A. Speck identified the essential role of Runx1 in murine hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) development, which is conserved across all vertebrates. In her postdoctoral research with Dr. Leonard I. Zon at Harvard Medical School, Dr. North pioneered a bio-active chemical screening approach in zebrafish embryos to identify novel HSC modulators, leading to the first FDA approval for investigational clinical use of a compound derived from zebrafish research. Dr. North established her independent laboratory in 2008; currently located at Boston Children’s Hospital, her lab investigates mechanisms of vertebrate HSC formation and function to aid development of therapeutic strategies to alleviate blood disease. Dr. North is a faculty of the Biomedical and Biological Sciences Graduate Program and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. Prior to assuming the role of Co-Director of the DRB Program and Course Director for DRB330, Dr. North was on the DRB Executive Committee, taught in CB207 and served on many DRB PQE and DAC committees.