Gina Drobena

Associate Professor

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Pathology, College of Medicine

gadrobena@uams.edu

3 h-index 9 pubs 18 cited

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Gina Drobena's research focuses on transfusion medicine and apheresis, particularly concerning hematopoietic progenitor cell collection and its impact on cell therapy laboratory services. Her work also investigates emergent therapeutic interventions, such as plasma exchange, in cases of severe adverse events like local anesthetic systemic toxicity. Drobena has published on the effects of collection goals on apheresis procedures and storage facilities, as well as the use of autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell boosts after CAR-T therapy. She collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Michele Cottler-Fox, Steven R. Post, Mayumi Nakagawa, and Aaron Wyble. Drobena's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 3 with 9 total publications and 18 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 9
  • Citations: 18

Selected Publications

  • Impact of New Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Collection Goals on Apheresis and Cell Therapy Laboratory Services (2025)
  • AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELL (HPC) BOOSTS AFTER CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR T-CELL (CAR-T) THERAPY: IMPACT ON THE CELL THERAPY LABORATORY AND STORAGE FACILITY (2025)
  • Antidote Worse Than the Poison? Emergent Therapeutic Plasma Exchange After Overzealous Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Infusion During Treatment of Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • SMALL CHANGES, BIG SAVINGS: IMPACT OF HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELLS APHERESIS COLLECTION GOALS ON THE CELL THERAPY LAB (2024)

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