Faculty and Research Interests

Janis L. Abkowitz, M.D.
Clement Finch Professor of Medicine and Head, Division of Hematology, University of Washington School of Medicine; Director, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Hematology Clinic.  Research in hematopoietic stem cells, erythropoiesis, heme physiology, monocyte trafficking.

James P. AuBuchon, M.D.
Professor of Medicine (Hematology) and of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington; President & Chief Executive Officer, Puget Sound Blood Center.  Research in transfusion safety improvement processes and decision analysis.

Pamela Becker, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.  Research in hematopoietic stem cell gene transfer for Fanconi anemia, cell adhesion mediated chemotherapy resistance in acute myelogenous leukemia and multiple myeloma.

C. Anthony Blau, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.  Research in hemopoietic stem cell biology, gene therapy, globin gene regulation.

Halvard Bönig, M.D.
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine

Virginia C. Broudy, M.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine;  Chief of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center; Scripps Professor of Hematology.  Research in medical education.

Gregory J. del Zoppo, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.  Clinical studies of acute intervention in ischemic stroke; hemostasis problems associated with cerebral injury; and vascular and matrix adhesion biology of the CNS.

Jing-Fei Dong, M.D. Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Full Member, Puget Sound Blood Center.  Research in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, ADMTS-13 biology, and platelet functions under fluid shear stress.

Zhijun Duan, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.  Research chromatin structure, genome architecture, epigenetics, stem cell biology, and cancer biology.

Elihu H. Estey, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.  Research in (1) new designs for clinical trials particularly in AML and  (2) relation between response and survival in hematologic malignancies.

Xiaoyun Fu, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Associate Member; Director of Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Puget Sound Blood Center.  Research in protein oxidation and posttranslational modification, mass spectrometry, inflammation, oxidative stress, von Willebrand factor, red blood cell.

Terry Gernsheimer, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Director of Medical Education, Puget Sound Blood Center; PSBC Director of Medical Transfusion Services, UWMC.  Research in platelet transfusion.

John M. Harlan, M.D.
Elo Giblett Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Associate Medical Director for Blood Services; Chief, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Harborview Medical Center. Research in endothelial cell and leukocyte biology. 

Jill Johnsen, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Assistant Member, Puget Sound Blood Center. Research in modifiers of von Willebrand Factor (VWF), von Willebrand Diseases (VWD), vascular endothelial gene expression, familial ITP.

Neil Josephson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Director, Hemophilia Care Program, Puget Sound Blood Center. Research in stem cell gene therapy, tolerance induction to factor VIII in hemophilia.

Sioban Keel, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.  Research in the biology of the feline leukemia virus subgroup C receptor.

Barbara Konkle, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Director, Translational Research and Medical Director, Hemostasis Reference Laboratory, Puget Sound Blood Center.  Research in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, von Willebrand disease, pregnancy-related hemostasis, and clinical trials of treatments for hemophilia and other disorders.

Michael L. Linenberger, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Robert and Phyllis Henigson Professorship in Hematology, University of Washington School of Medicine; Program Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship; Medical Director, Apheresis and Cellular Therapy, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Associate Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Research interests include: safe and effective management of patients and donors undergoing marrow harvest and peripheral blood stem cell mobilization and collection by apheresis.

José A. López, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Executive Vice President for Research, Puget Sound Blood Center. Research in platelet-vessel wall interaction.

Daniel B. Martin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

Vivian G. Oehler, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Assistant Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.  Research in mechanisms of leukemic disease progression and therapy resistance, new agents in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Eirini Papapetrou, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Research in generation, genetic modification and hematopoietic differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, hematopoiesis, erythropoiesis, myelodysplasia, gene therapy.

Thalia Papayannopoulou, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Research in erythroid differentiation and globin gene regulation; hemopoietic stem/progenitor cell trafficking; homing and mobilization mechanisms; and stem cell function.

Kathleen Pratt, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Assistant Member, Puget Sound Blood Center. Research in factor VIII structure and function, allo- and auto-immune responses to factor VIII, immune responses to therapeutic proteins and mechanisms of immune tolerance.

Thomas H. Price, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Medical Director and Executive Vice President, Medical Division, Puget Sound Blood Center. Research in neutrophil preservation and function, apheresis, hematopoietic growth factors in transfusion medicine.

Robert Richard, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.  Director of Hematology, Primary and Specialty Care Medical Service, Seattle Division VA Puget Sound Health Care System.  Research in novel methods in gene and cell therapy.

David Russell, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Hematology Training Grant Director. Research in stem cells, viral vectors, gene therapy, genetic recombination.

Akiko Shimamura, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics/Hematology-Oncology; Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine/Hematology,  University of Washington School of Medicine.  Research in hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis.

Andrei Shustov, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Research in development of novel therapeutic strategies and implementation of targeted biologic agents into treatment paradigms of peripheral T-cell lymphomas and cutaneous T-cell lymphomas.

Sherrill Slichter, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Director, Platelet Transfusion Research, Puget Sound Blood Center. Research in pathophysiologic effects of platelet transfusion.

Qiang Tian, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine;  Institute for Systems Biology.  Research in hematopoiesis, cancer and stem cells, Wnt signaling, biomarker discovery, systems biology.

Roland B. Walter, M.D., Ph.D., M.S. (Epi)
Assistant Member, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.  Research on acute myeloid leukemia; gemtuzumab ozogamicin; immunotherapy; and leukemia stem cells.