Matthew Walter

Dr. Walter is the Edward P. Evans Endowed Professor of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Scientific Director of the Center for MDS in the Siteman Cancer Center. His laboratory at Washington University focuses on the discovery of mutations within the genomes of hematopoietic cells from patients with myeloid precursor conditions and MDS and the clonal evolution that occurs during disease progression. The lab continues to study the contribution of spliceosome gene mutations for MDS initiation and progression using primary patient samples and pre-clinical models with the goal of translating findings into the clinic to improve the lives of patients with blood cancers.