Crystal Mackall, MD
Enriched profileErnest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor and Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine · Stanford University School of Medicine
Crystal Mackall is Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor and Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 333 publications with 26,440 citations (h-index 75); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 9 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Hematology / Oncology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 16 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 16 Oct 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, 8 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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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
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across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 28 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 148.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Updated 16 Oct 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
- Nivolumab With or Without Ipilimumab in Treating Younger Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Solid Tumors or Sarcomas
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Industry payments
Updated 16 Oct 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 16 Oct 2026
8 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
Congress activity
Updated 16 Oct 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 16 Oct 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
Article2026 - CAR19 therapy drives expansion of clonal hematopoiesis and associated cytopenias.
Research square
Article2025 - IKAROS levels are associated with antigen escape in CD19- and CD22-targeted therapies for B-cell malignancies.
Nature communications
Article2025 - Intravenous and intracranial GD2-CAR T cells for H3K27M(+) diffuse midline gliomas.
Nature
Clinical Trial2025
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02Neuroblastoma1,431 citations2016
- 03
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- 05GD2-CAR T cell therapy for H3K27M-mutated diffuse midline gliomas789 citations2022
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Online presence
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Background & recognition
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Education
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- Board certified: Internal Medicine
Pediatrics, and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
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Editorial & leadership roles
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- Editor-in-Chief
Frontiers in Pediatric Oncology
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Blood
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Cancer Today
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Awards & honors
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- Nobility in Science Award
Sarcoma Foundation of America
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Secondary affiliations
appointments 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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Stanford Laboratory for Cell and Gene Medicine
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Bio-X, Stanford University
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Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI), Stanford
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