Dr. Gail Tomlinson was recruited in 2007 to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to lead the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and currently serves as Interim Director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute. At the GCCRI, she will focus on developing translational research studies aiming to bridge basic and clinical research.
Dr. Tomlinson received her M.D. from George Washington University School of Medicine and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Duke University. She completed an internship and residency at the National Children’s Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She did a research fellowship in cancer genetics at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, followed by a formal fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She was a faculty member at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from 1992 to 2006, where she held the Children’s Cancer Fund Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Oncology Research.
Dr. Tomlinson is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology-oncology. Dr. Tomlinson’s research interests are in the genetic origins of childhood cancers, particularly tumors of the kidney and liver.
She directs the national registry of children with tumors of the liver. She has served on multiple national committees focusing on advancing research in childhood cancer and has published over 100 scientific papers. Her work in the genetics of childhood liver cancer was presented at the Best of Late-Breaking Research Session at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research. In 2006, she was also honored with a special appreciation award from the American Cancer Society.