Muna Qayed, MD, MsCR

Research Program

Cancer Immunology
Phone Number

404-785-1200
Email Address

mqayed@emory.edu

Biography

Muna Qayed, MD, MsCR, is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Qayed is an attending physician in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation and medical director of the Cellular Therapy Laboratory at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Dr. Qayed is a member of the Cancer Immunology Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Education

Dr. Qayed earned her MD from the University of Jordan. She also holds a Master of Science in Clinical Research from Emory University. After obtaining her medical degree, Dr. Qayed completed a rotating internship at Ministry of Health Hospitals and a pediatric residency at King Hussein Cancer Center, both in Jordan. She then completed another residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Michigan and fellowships in pediatric hematology and oncology and stem cell transplantation at Emory University.

Titles & Roles

Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

Professional Memberships

Dr. Qayed is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Children's Oncology Group, and Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium.

Research

Dr. Qayed's research interests include developing more effective prophylaxis/treatment against graft versus host disease (GVHD) in patients undergoing allogeneic blood and marrow transplant and incorporating biomarkers for early diagnosis. Her current work focuses on establishing an institutional biorepository of bone marrow transplant patient samples linked to clinical data and investigating the use of autologous mesenchymal stromal cells for the treatment of GVHD.

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A Study to Evaluate Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Testing and Monitoring of B-cell Recovery to Guide Management Following Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CART) Induced Remission in Children and Young Adults With B Lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leu... Phase N/A Conditions B-All, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Location Winship Cancer Institute
Pediatric GVHD Low Risk Steroid Taper Trial Phase II Conditions Acute Graft vs Host Disease, Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation, Adverse Effects Location Winship Cancer Institute
HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation With Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide Phase II Conditions Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, Acute Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Lymphoma Location Winship Cancer Institute
The EndRAD Trial: Eliminating Total Body Irradiation (TBI) for NGS-MRD Negative Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With B-ALL Phase II Conditions B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Location Winship Cancer Institute
Rifaximin for Infection Prophylaxis in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Phase Early Phase I Conditions Microbial Colonization Location Winship Cancer Institute
Risk-Based Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Liver Cancer Phase III Conditions PRETEXT I Hepatoblastoma, PRETEXT II Hepatoblastoma, PRETEXT III Hepatoblastoma, PRETEXT IV Hepatoblastoma Location Winship Cancer Institute
CTL019 Phase Expanded Access Location Winship Cancer Institute
Phase II Open Label Trial to Determine Safety & Efficacy of Tisagenlecleucel in Pediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients Phase II Conditions Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Location Winship Cancer Institute

Grants

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Publications

In 2021, Dr. Qayed was inducted to the MilliPub Club, which recognizes current Emory faculty who have published one or more individual papers throughout their careers that have garnered more than 1,000 citations.

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