Jean Koff, MD, MSc, is an associate professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology and director of the lymphoma program’s translational research team at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Her clinical expertise in lymphoma is complemented by her research characterizing the immunologic and genetic factors that contribute to poor outcomes in lymphoma patient populations who are underrepresented in most studies, such as African Americans and organ transplant recipients.
Dr. Koff serves as an investigator on several team science projects involving multi-institutional cohorts of lymphoma patients with integrated analyses of clinical and molecular data, including the Lymphoma Epidemiology of Outcomes cohort study. She is the 2024 chair of the Scientific Committee on Lymphoid Neoplasia for the American Society of Hematology. Dr. Koff’s work has been funded by the Lymphoma Research Foundation, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Cancer Society, and the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Koff received her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Her postgraduate medical education included a J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency at Emory University and a fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at Winship Cancer Institute, where she was chief fellow in her final year.