Clifford is a Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellow currently in his 2nd year of subspecialty training. He attended Tufts University for his undergraduate studies where he obtained a B.S. in Biochemistry and graduated magna cum laude; during that time he was also an undergraduate researcher at the Tufts Molecular Oncology Research Institute at Tufts Medical Center. He went on to obtain his M.D. at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, where he engaged in clinical research in the Department of Medical Oncology which involved data collection and analyses on patients in the Brooklyn area with colon cancer. He then completed his Pediatrics Residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he participated in a quality improvement project to improve care for sickle cell patients presenting in acute pain in the pediatric emergency department. Clifford is very interested in pediatric leukemia research plans to pursue a career as an academic oncologist with a focus in leukemia/lymphoma. He is very passionate about improving treatments for pediatric AML through research, which prompted him to join the Wagenblast lab. In his free time Clifford enjoys playing basketball (big LeBron James Fan), staying active, playing video games (Zelda, Final Fantasy) and hanging out with friends. If he was not in the research field, Clifford would have pursued a career as a HS chemistry teacher.