Lizette Caballero MLS(ASCP)

Lizette Caballero works at the University of San Francisco California where she serves as the Senior Laboratory Supervisor overseeing the Blood and Marrow Transplant Laboratory. Lizette has over 20 years’ experience working in the field of cellular therapy. She has run the BMT labs at Florida Hospital in Orlando and at UCSF. Her experience includes conducting research and development of new instruments and techniques, development and revision of laboratory procedures, compiling quality control data and managing and training employees. Lizette is very active in the cell therapy section of AABB and ISCT. She has presented many times on a variety of topics and has published numerous papers. Her work includes studying the synergistic cytotoxicity of IFN-2b and IL-2 in combination with PMBC against ovarian cancer and studying the effect of MSCs for treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome. For the last 15 years she has also served as a FACT Inspector for cellular therapy processing facilities having completed over 20 inspections.