Bruce R. Blazar, M.D., has served in various academic positions at the University of Minnesota since 1978. Presently, he is a Professor in the Division of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation, Director, Cytokine Reference Laboratory, Associate Director, Division of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation and Andersen Chair in Transplantation Immunology. Dr. Blazar has received numerous professional honors and awards, including the American Cancer Society Clinical Fellowship Award, the NIH-NCI National Research Service Award and the MERIT Award. In addition to his past and present work on numerous editorial boards, he is a member of the FDA Advisory Committee on Biological Response Modifiers and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Translational Research Grant Committee. Dr. Blazar received a B.S. in biology at the Renssalear Polytechnic Institute and completed medical school in 1978 at Albany Medical College. He has multiple active grants that support a substantial research effort and has published over 230 manuscripts.
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