Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Crystal Mackall, MD, is Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor and Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology. The public record shows 333 publications with 26,440 citations (h-index 75), centered on CAR-T cell therapy research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Immune Cell Function and Interaction. It also documents an investigator role on 9 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 6 companies, 7 NIH-funded awards (2019–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Nature biomedical engineering
- Top research focus: CAR-T cell therapy research
- 9 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 6 companies
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Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 28 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 148.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 9 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- GD2 CAR T Cells in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas (DIPG) & Spinal Diffuse Midline Glioma(DMG)
Sponsor: Stanford University
InvestigatorPhase 1RecruitingNCT04196413 - Study of CD19/CD22 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells in Children & Young Adults w/ Recurrent or Refractory B Cell Malignancies
Sponsor: Stanford University
InvestigatorPhase 1Active, not recruitingNCT03241940 - Nivolumab With or Without Ipilimumab in Treating Younger Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Solid Tumors or Sarcomas
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
InvestigatorPhase 1/PHASE2CompletedNCT02304458
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
6 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Celgene CorporationProgram year20251 payment
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year20241 payment
- Legend Biotech USA Inc.Program year20232 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
7 NIH research awards on record, funded 2019–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Multimodal AI modeling of T cell therapies to predict patient response and nominate advanced cell design strategies
Stanford University
FY2026$1,681,676OT2OD038101 - Multimodal AI modeling of T cell therapies to predict patient response and nominate advanced cell design strategies
Stanford University
FY2025$1,673,650OT2OD038101
Congress activity
Updated 14 Jul 2026
66 congress contributions (2004–2025) across AACR, ASCO, ASH per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Abstract 6398: Harnessing the conditional proteolytic activity of ADAM17 to generate autonomous regulatory mechanisms in CAR T cells
AACR Annual Meeting
AACR2025Co-author
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Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Predictive biomarkers of response to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for pan-haematologic cancer.
Nature biomedical engineering
2026
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01
- 02Neuroblastoma1,431 citations2016
- 03
- 04
- 05GD2-CAR T cell therapy for H3K27M-mutated diffuse midline gliomas789 citations2022
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Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
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- Board certified: Internal Medicine
Pediatrics, and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
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- Editor-in-Chief
Frontiers in Pediatric Oncology
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Founding Director
Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy
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Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Stanford
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Stanford Cancer Institute
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/crystal-mackall-66305a6
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researchgate.net/profile/Crystal-Mackall
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