Kayla L Foster, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor

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.