I serve as Director of the Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Program and as Principal Investigator of the NHLBI funded T32 Program in Hematology & Cell Biology of Blood Cells at the University of Iowa. I lead a multidisciplinary research environment that integrates thrombosis, inflammation, and metabolism to investigate mechanisms of vascular injury and immune mediated thrombotic disease. For more than 15 years, my laboratory has produced field shaping discoveries that established new conceptual frameworks in thromboinflammation. Key contributions include: (1) defining the antithrombotic functions of ADAMTS13, leading to patented therapeutic approaches; (2) establishing the ADAMTS13–von Willebrand factor axis as a central regulator of thromboinflammatory injury; and (3) identifying PKM2 as a critical immunometabolic regulator of thromboinflammatory responses. These advances have opened new opportunities to therapeutically target thrombosis at the intersection of metabolism and inflammation.
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Internal Medicine
2015, Young Investigator Award
International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
2007, Mary Rhodes Gibson Memorial Award in Hemostasis & Thrombosis
American Society of Hematology
2008, Visiting Professor fellowship
National cardiovascular Center and Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
2009, ASH Scholar award
American Society of Hematology
2011, ASH Scholar award
American Society of Hematology
2011, Kenneth M. Brinkhous Young Investigator Prize in Thrombosis
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology council
2011, Joanne Levy, MD, Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement
American Society of Hematology
2019, Established Investigator Award
American Heart Association
2022, Distinguish Scholar Award
University of Iowa
2018, R35 Investigator Award
NHLBI, NIH