Selected Publications

Haley Newman, Derek Wong, Jinhua Wu, Jeffrey Schubert, Netta Golenberg, Natali Naveh, Maha Patel, Feng Xu, Sarah Charles, Jiani Chen, Elizabeth H Denenberg, Elizabeth A Fanning, Daniel Gallo, Tammy Luke, Morgan Thomas, Kajia Cao, Ada JS Chan, Munashe Holloman, Zhiqian Fan, Weixuan Fu, Stephen P Hunger, Suzanne P MacFarland, Kathrin M Bernt, Lea F Surrey, Minjie Luo, Gerald B Wertheim, Marilyn M Li, Sarah K Tasian, Yiming Zhong: Leveraging Genomic Diagnostics for Prognostics and Therapeutics in Pediatric Acute Leukemia. HemaSphere November 2025 Notes: Accepted.

Cindy Im, Andrew R. Raduski, Lauren J. Mills, Kashi Raj Bhattarai, Robert J. Mobley, Kelly R. Barnett, Zhanni Lu, Kenneth Liao, Nathan Anderson, Rebecca A. Johnson, Erica Langer, Anthony J. Hooten, Alix E. Seif, Kathrin M. Bernt, Matthew Tsang, Brandon A. Mamou, Luis Gil-de-Gómez, Julie A. Wolfson, Danielle N. Friedman, Neerav Shukla, Laura J. Klesse, Erin L. Marcotte, Lingyun Ji, Alice Dang, Minjie Luo, Yiming Zhong, Jalen Langie, Charleston W.K. Chiang, Adam de Smith, Joseph L. Wiemels, Andrew DeWan, Xiaomei Ma, Catherine Metayer, Zhaoming Wang, Heather H. Nelson, Nathan Pankratz, Tianzhong Yang, Saonli Basu, Lucie M. Turcotte, Jun J. Yang, Daniel Savic, Michael E. Scheurer, Logan G. Spector: Genome-wide association study of childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia reveals novel African ancestry-specific susceptibility loci. Nature Communications 16(1): 8974, October 2025.

Li D, Tasian SK, Wertheim G, Rheingold SR, Bernt KM, Newman H, Wainwright L, Wilmoth DM, Thiel B, Surrey LF, Margolskee E, Pillai V, Luo M, Paessler ME, Hunger SP, Li MM, Zhong Y.: Integrated genomic analysis to reduce chromosomal analysis for the diagnosis of pediatric hematologic malignancies: addressing the shortage of cytogenetic technologists. Haematologica. 110(8): 1861-1864, Aug 2025.

Harris JC, Schubert J, Lockhart B, Olson R, Paessler ME, Margolskee E, Pillai V, Wu J, Golenberg N, Chen J, Denenberg EH, Luke T, Luo M, Zhong Y, Li MM, Wertheim GB.: Genetically Distinct Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia following Low Hypodiploid B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia linked by TP53 Mutation. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 28(3): 214-219, May-Jun 2025.

Dong Li, Sarah K Tasian, Gerald Wertheim, Susan R Rheingold, Kathrin M. Bernt, Haley Newman, Luanne Wainwright, Donna M Wilmoth, Brian Thiel, Lea F Surrey, Elizabeth Margolskee, Vinodh Pillai, Minjie Luo, Michele E Paessler, Stephen P Hunger, Marilyn M Li, Yiming Zhong: Can Integrated Genomic Analysis Replace Chromosomal Analysis for the Diagnosis of Hematological Malignancies: Addressing the Shortage of Cytogenetic Technologists ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting / Los Angeles, California 2025 Notes: Platform oral presentation.

Brett R Kurpiel, Caitlin J Alexander, Jeffrey Schubert, Yiming Zhong, Paul J Zhang, Suzanne P MacFarland, and Lea F Surrey: An unusual, biphasic malignant neoplasm with EML4::ALK rearrangement and dual mesenchymal and neuroblastic/ganglionic differentiation. Society for Pediatric Pathology Fall Meeting / Philadelphia PA 2025 Notes: Poster.

Morteza Seifi, Laura Corson, Dianne Sylvester, Jason Saliba, Shivani Golem, Elena Repnikova, Kai Lee Yap, Wan-Hsin Lin, Yassmine Akkari, Laveniya Satgunaseelan, Madina Sukhanova, William Schleif, Yiming Zhong, Minjie Luo, Obi L Griffith, Malachi Griffith, Angshumoy Roy, Gordana Raca: Systematic Curation of Defining and Supportive Diagnostic Variants to Enhance Genomic Diagnostics in Pediatric Oncology. Annual Meeting of the Cancer Genomics Consortium (CGC) / Houston, TX 2025 Notes: Poster.

Mark G. Evans, Kilannin Krysiak, Jason Saliba, Chimène Kesserwan, Yassmine Akkari, Mark D. Ewalt, Ilaria Iacobucci, Paulo Campregher, Paul G. Ekert, Deepa Bhojwani, Laura B. Corson, Nikita Mehta, Shivani Golem, Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna, Alexandra E. Kovach, Kristy Lee, Arpad Danos, Hannah Helber, Sandeep Gurbuxani, Christine J. Harrison, Nitin Jain, Valentina Nardi, Shalini C. Reshmi, Morteza Seifi, Kathryn Roberts, Alexandre Rouette, Neerav Shukla, Wendy Stock, Xinjie Xu, Liying Zhang, Xiaonan Zhao, Yiming Zhong, Linda B. Baughn, Panieh Terraf, Obi L. Griffith, Malachi Griffith, Gordana Raca, Charles Mullighan: Application of expert panel-derived oncogenicity guidelines in BCR::ABL1-like B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma to ABL1-class gene fusions. Annual Meeting of the Cancer Genomics Consortium (CGC) / Houston, TX 2025 Notes: Poster.

Sarah Charles, Alex Gileta, Julia Mewha, Tammy Luke, Elizabeth H Denenberg, Elizabeth A Fanning, Jiani Chen, Alicia Moseley, Jinhua Wu, Jeffrey Schubert, Lea F Surrey, Yiming Zhong, Naomi Gunawardena, Kaoru Takasaki, Marilyn M Li, Stella T Chou, Minjie Luo: Genetic Testing for Inherited Red Blood Cell Disorders: Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Utility. ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting / Los Angeles, California 2025 Notes: Poster.

Derek Wong, Haley Newman, Jinhua Wu, Jeffrey Schubert, Elizabeth H Denenberg, Elizabeth A Fanning, Jiani Chen, Feng Xu, Zhiqian Fan, Kajia Cao, Weixuan Fu, Daniel Gallo, Lea Surrey, Minjie Luo, Stephen Hunger, Kathrin M Bernt, Gerald Wertheim, Marilyn M. Li, Sarah K Tasian, Yiming Zhong: Mutational Spectra of >1000 Pediatric Acute Leukemias and Their Clinical Utility in Prognosis, Risk Stratification, and Precision Medicine Therapeutics. ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting / Los Angeles, California 2025 Notes: Platform oral presentation.