Hong Qian, PhD, Associate professor, is a principal investigator working at the Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Karolinska Institute. She is a stem cell biologist by training. Her research group has been working on the role of leukemia microenvironment/niche in the disease development and therapy response with a focus on the key niche component mesenchymal stem cell population in acute and chronic myeloid leukemia.https://ki.se/en/research/groups/leukemia-niche-hong-qian-group