Hermiston Michelle Lynn

Dr. Michelle L. Hermiston is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Her research focuses on improving the outcomes for children, adolescents, and young adults with leukemia, lymphoma, and histiocytic disorders. She earned her B.S. at the University of Iowa and her MD and PhD degrees at Washington University School of Medicine and the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences. She completed a residency in General Pediatrics and a fellowship in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at UCSF before joining the faculty in 2003. At UCSF, she developed and lead the UCSF Pediatric Immunotherapy Program, serves as Associate Director of the Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center Global Cancer Program (GCP). She helped lead development of the first ever Ministry of Health approved training program in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh, which launched in 2019 and is now training it’s 6th cohort. In her role with the UCSF GCP, she has established Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with all hospitals caring for children with blood diseases and cancer in Vietnam. Nationally, she is one of the founding members of the North American Consortium for Histiocytoses (NACHO), currently chairs the Histiocyte Society Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Committee, and is Vice Chair for the Children’s Oncology Group Non Hodgkin Lymphoma Steering Committee and Chair of the NHL Biology committee where she participates in development and implementation of clinical trials. She also serves as Educational Advisor for the Society International Oncology Pediatrica (SIOP) – North America. Additionally, she has served as an Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at VinUniversity in Hanoi, Vietnam since 2022.