ASCI / Young Physician-Scientist Awards, 2022
The Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research.
About the awardee
Natasha M. Archer, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a physician-scientist in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Boston Children’s Hospital. She earned her MD from Yale University School of Medicine and completed an Internal Medicine and pediatrics residency at Harvard Medical School and a pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at the Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. Dr. Archer’s research is dedicated to studying the effects of hemoglobin type on P. falciparum infection and translating these findings to improve outcomes for children with sickle cell disease (SCD).