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Scott C. Howard is affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a total of 160 publications. Within this broad domain, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Hematology.

Themes central to their research include Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Neutropenia and Cancer Infections, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, and Methemoglobinemia and Tumor Lysis Syndrome.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Scott C. Howard cover topics such as real-time mortality estimation during the COVID-19 pandemic, drug repositioning for COVID-19 treatment, and pediatric cancer care. Notable recent publications include:

  • Real-time estimation and prediction of mortality caused by COVID-19 with patient information based algorithm (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Drug Repositioning Suggests a Role for the Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitor Geldanamycin in Treating COVID-19 Infection (2020, Research Square)
  • Democracy and case fatality rate of COVID-19 at early stage of pandemic: a multicountry study (2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research)
  • Pediatric cancer care in Africa: SIOP Global Mapping Program report on economic and population indicators (2021, Pediatric Blood & Cancer)
  • Setting up and sustaining blood and marrow transplant services for children in middle-income economies: an experience-driven position paper on behalf of the EBMT PDWP (2020, Bone Marrow Transplantation)

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as Blood, Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Journal of Clinical Oncology, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia. These journals reflect a focus on hematology, pediatric oncology, and clinical cancer research.

Collaboration is an important aspect of their work. Frequent coauthors include Weikuan Gu, Michele Dundas Macpherson, Shweta Kapoor, Michael Castro, and Ansu Kumar, each having collaborated on multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Treating childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia without cranial irradiation.

    Ching Hon Pui;Dario Campana;Deqing Pei;W. Paul Bowman

  • The tumor lysis syndrome.

    Scott C. Howard;Deborah P. Jones;Ching-Hon Pui

  • Preventing and Managing Toxicities of High-Dose Methotrexate

    Scott C. Howard;John McCormick;Ching-Hon Pui;Randall K. Buddington

  • Improved outcome for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Results of Total Therapy Study XIIIB at St Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Ching Hon Pui;John T. Sandlund;Deqing Pei;Dario Campana

  • Management of occlusion and thrombosis associated with long-term indwelling central venous catheters

    Jacquelyn L Baskin;Jacquelyn L Baskin;Ching-Hon Pui;Ching-Hon Pui;Ulrike Reiss;Ulrike Reiss;Judith A Wilimas;Judith A Wilimas

  • Preemptive Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation: Current Programs in Five US Medical Centers

    Henry M. Dunnenberger;Kristine R. Crews;James M. Hoffman;Kelly E. Caudle

  • Current management and challenges of malignant disease in the CNS in paediatric leukaemia

    Ching-Hon Pui;Ching-Hon Pui;Scott C Howard;Scott C Howard

  • Paediatric cancer in low-income and middle-income countries

    Ian Magrath;Eva Steliarova-Foucher;Sidnei Epelman;Raul C Ribeiro

  • Methotrexate-Induced Neurotoxicity and Leukoencephalopathy in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    Deepa Bhojwani;Noah D. Sabin;Deqing Pei;Jun J. Yang

  • Establishment of a pediatric oncology program and outcomes of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a resource-poor area.

    Scott C. Howard;Marcia Pedrosa;Mecneide Lins;Arli Pedrosa

  • Long-term results of St Jude Total Therapy Studies 11, 12, 13A, 13B, and 14 for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    C.-H. Pui;C.-H. Pui;D. Pei;Jt T. Sandlund;Jt T. Sandlund;Rc C. Ribeiro;Rc C. Ribeiro

  • Childhood cancer epidemiology in low-income countries.

    Scott C. Howard;Scott C. Howard;Monika L. Metzger;Monika L. Metzger;Judith A. Wilimas;Judith A. Wilimas;Yuri Quintana

  • Serious Hepatitis A: An Analysis of Patients Hospitalized during an Urban Epidemic in the United States

    Ira R. Willner;Mark D. Uhl;Scott C. Howard;Ernest Q. Williams

  • Science and health for all children with cancer.

    Catherine G. Lam;Catherine G. Lam;Scott C. Howard;Eric Bouffet;Kathy Pritchard-Jones

  • Baseline status of paediatric oncology care in ten low-income or mid-income countries receiving My Child Matters support: a descriptive study

    Raul C Ribeiro;Raul C Ribeiro;Eva Steliarova-Foucher;Ian Magrath;Jean Lemerle

  • Pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacogenetic determinants of osteonecrosis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Jitesh D. Kawedia;Sue C. Kaste;Deqing Pei;John C. Panetta

  • PG4KDS: A model for the clinical implementation of pre-emptive pharmacogenetics

    James M. Hoffman;Cyrine E. Haidar;Mark R. Wilkinson;Kristine R. Crews

  • Results of Therapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Black and White Children

    Ching Hon Pui;John T. Sandlund;Deqing Pei;Gaston K. Rivera

  • Second malignancy risk associated with treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma: meta-analysis of the randomised trials

    Jeremy Franklin;A. Pluetschow;M. Paus;L. Specht

  • Outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in resource-poor countries

    Monika L Metzger;Monika L Metzger;Scott C Howard;Scott C Howard;Ligia C Fu;Armando Peña

Frequent Co-Authors

Ching-Hon Pui
Ching-Hon Pui St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Raul C. Ribeiro
Raul C. Ribeiro St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
John T. Sandlund
John T. Sandlund National Institutes of Health
Mary V. Relling
Mary V. Relling St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Jeffrey E. Rubnitz
Jeffrey E. Rubnitz St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Melissa M. Hudson
Melissa M. Hudson St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
William E. Evans
William E. Evans St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Dario Campana
Dario Campana National University of Singapore
Larry E. Kun
Larry E. Kun St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Susana C. Raimondi
Susana C. Raimondi St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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