Dr. Farooqi is the Director of Molecular Oncology for the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at Children’s Mercy Kansas City and also for the Genomic Medicine Center at the Children’s Mercy Research Institute. As a molecular pathologist, Dr. Farooqi interprets clinical genetic testing results, both somatic and germline, for pediatric patients with cancer. His research interests include epigenetic profiling and long read sequencing of pediatric liquid and solid tumors. He has received funding from the National Cancer Institute, Braden’s Hope for Childhood Cancer, Big Slick, Black & Veatch, and the Masonic Cancer Alliance. Dr. Farooqi is also a Professor of Pathology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and a member of the University of Kansas Cancer Center.