Eleni Louka

I am a clinical academic Paediatric Haematologist and my work focuses on a group of extremely rare myeloid disorders of childhood Paediatric myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)  and Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukaemia ( JMML) . These conditions are among the most difficult paediatric blood cancers to treat, and the aim of my research is to identify novel therapies for these conditions to improve the prognosis for these patients and enhance our understanding of paediatric leukaemias.

I gained my DPhil (PhD) at the University of Oxford, supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Rare Diseases Fellowship and specialised as a Paediatric Haematologist at the Oxford-Thames Valley Deanery. In 2019, I was awarded an NIHR Clinical Lecturer award in Paediatric Haematology. My current role as a Clinician Scientist and an Honorary Consultant Paediatric Haematologist allows me to spend the majority of my time working on basic science research and some of my time working clinically at the Oxford Children’s Hospital, where I look after children with blood cancer.