Welcome to the Winestone Lab!

COMPRENDO
We are now enrolling subjects into the COMPRENDO (ChildhOod Malignancy Peer Research NavigatiOn) study. Eligible Hispanic families will be randomly assigned to an intervention that includes a clinical trial navigator.
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Disparities in Pediatric Oncology
Access to Care
We are currently enrolling subjects in a study to gather data about the barriers to care among newly diagnosed pediatric patients with leukemia.
Financial Impact of a Cancer Diagnosis
We have published several manuscripts related to the consequences of a pediatric cancer diagnosis for a family's financial situation in the Bay Area.
Financial assistance after a pediatric cancer diagnosis
MIBG Access
We are conducting a study to better understand the challenges patients face in receiving MIBG therapy. Parents, caregivers, and care team members are invited to participate in an online interview to share their experiences.

If you’re interested in learning more or signing up, please use the Calendly link below.
https://calendly.com/cristina-acostanavarro-ucsf/mibg_acess
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Lena Winestone, MD

Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Community Engagement Liaison, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Pediatric Malignancies and Blood & Marrow Transplant

Dr. Winestone is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Malignancies and Bone & Marrow Transplant at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Winestone received her MD from Stanford University School of Medicine with a focus in International and Community Health. Her research explores racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in access to care and outcome of leukemia and lymphoma treatment.

 

Featured Publications

Disparities in household material hardship, financial toxicity, and income loss in pediatric cancer

Pediatric blood & cancer

Evans EM, Lin J, Sanchez-Alvarez J, Agrawal AK, Winestone LE.

Factors that contribute to disparities in time to acute leukemia diagnosis in young people: an in depth qualitative interview study.

BMC cancer

Ding L, Szymczak JE, Evans E, Canepa E, Martin AE, Contractor F, Aplenc R, Joseph G, Winestone LE

Access to Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Clinical Trials in Underrepresented Populations: A Multicenter Cohort Study of Pediatric and Young Adult Acute Lymphobastic Leukemia Patients.

Transplantation and cellular therapy

Hall AG, Winestone LE, Sullivan EM, Wu Q, Lamble AJ, Walters MC, Aguayo-Hiraldo P, Conde LB, Coker TR, Dornsife D, Keating AK, Merino DM, Ramsey B, Park JR, Agrawal AK