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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Dr. Clinton Stewart is currently a full member in the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. He received a B.S. in Pharmacy from Auburn University and a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee in Memphis. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at St. Jude under the mentorship of Dr. William E. Evans, Dr. Stewart joined the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy faculty as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor. In 1991, he joined the St. Jude faculty as an Assistant Member (the equivalent of an Assistant Professor), and has moved through the ranks to Full Member (or the equivalent of a Full Professor).
Dr. Stewart is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the American Association of Cancer Research. His research efforts are focused on pediatric clinical pharmacology and addressing clinically relevant problems of cancer therapeutics in children. Current research efforts include the use of preclinical models to enhance design of clinical trials of new agents in children with cancer and the use of pharmacokinetics as a method to optimize drug exposure in children with cancer. Dr. Stewart has authored or co-authored more than 350 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.