Dr. DiPersio currently serves as Endowed Professorship of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, Chief, Division of Oncology, Director, Center for Gene and Cellular Immunotherapy, and Deputy Director, Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center.
Dr. DiPersio’s research focuses on fundamental and translational aspects of leukemia and stem cell biology. These studies include identification of genetic abnormalities in human leukemias, understanding processes involving stem cell and leukemia cell trafficking and clinical and translational programs in both leukemia/MDS and stem cell transplantation. His laboratory also utilizes unique mouse models of allogeneic stem cell transplantation to explore novel genetic and epigenetic interventions aimed at mitigating graft vs. host disease (GvHD) while maintaining graft vs. leukemia (GvL). He is also a PI of multiple clinical trials focused on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with hematologic malignancies or those undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
As Deputy Director of the Siteman Cancer Center he oversees all clinical and basic science research in the cancer center; he is active as a mentor of trainees and junior faculty and oversees faculty recruitment and retention in the Division.