Email

kayla.foster@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology Clinical Division
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

MPH from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

08/2021 - Baltimore, Maryland United States

Fellowship at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

06/2021 - Memphis, Tennessee United States

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2018 - Houston, Texas United States

MD from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

05/2014 - Lubbock, Texas United States

BS from Texas A&M University

05/2010 - College Station, Texas United States

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Interests

• Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
• Childhood Cancer Survivorship
• Transition Medicine
• Medical Education

Selected Publications

• M Richard, A Brown, J Belmont, M Scheurer, V Arroyo, K Foster, K Kern, M Hudson, W Leisenring, M Okcu, Y Sapkota, Y Yasui, L Morton, S Chanock, L Robison, G Armstrong, S Bhatia, K Oeffinger, P Lupo, K Kamdar "Genetic variation in the body mass index of adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study and the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort." Cancer. 2021 Jan 15;127(2):310-318. Pubmed PMID: 33048379
• Abiodun Oluyomi, K Danielle Aldrich, Kayla L Foster, Hoda Badr, Kala Y Kamdar, Michael E Scheurer, Philip J Lupo, Austin L Brown "Neighborhood deprivation index is associated with weight status among long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia." J Cancer Surviv. 2021 Oct;15(5):767-775. Pubmed PMID: 33226568
• Kayla L Foster, Kathleen D Kern, Tiffany M Chambers, Philip J Lupo, Kala Y Kamdar, Michael E Scheurer, Austin L Brown "Weight trends in a multiethnic cohort of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors: A longitudinal analysis." PLoS One. 2019 May 31;14(5):e0217932. Pubmed PMID: 31150521
• Austin L Brown, Kayla L Foster, Philip J Lupo, Erin C Peckham-Gregory, Jeffrey C Murray, M Fatih Okcu, Ching C Lau, Surya P Rednam, Murali Chintagumpala, Michael E Scheurer "DNA methylation of a novel PAK4 locus influences ototoxicity susceptibility following cisplatin and radiation therapy for pediatric embryonal tumors." Neuro Oncol. 2017 Oct 1;19(10):1372-1379. Pubmed PMID: 28444219