Dr. Tippi MacKenzie is a pediatric and fetal surgeon who develops approaches to diagnosing and treating genetic diseases before birth. Her research explores stem cell transplantation, gene therapy and other prenatal therapies, including how the developing immune system responds to treatment.

Through FCF-supported research with Dr. Agnieszka Czechowicz at Stanford University, she is studying transplantation before birth using blood-forming stem cells from the mother. The project will evaluate safety and whether transplanted cells can establish lasting blood cell production, with the goal of addressing blood and marrow disease in FA.