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.

Andrew Andranik G. Aprikyan, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Research is focused on identification of molecular defects and regulation of intracellular events implicated in pathogenesis of inherited severed neutropenia.

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 of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine;  Chief of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center.  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.

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.

Diana M. Gilligan, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Research Scientist, Puget Sound Blood Center. Research in cytoskeleton proteins in red blood cells and platelets; in particular, structure and function studies of the adducins, a family of cytoskeleton proteins required for normal red blood cell shape.

John M. Harlan, M.D.
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.
Assistant 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.

John Kulman, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine/Puget Sound Blood Center. Research in stem cell gene therapy, tolerance induction to factor VIII in hemophilia.

Yvette Latchman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine; Research Investigator, Puget Sound Blood Center. Research in T cell activation and costimulatory pathways: role in autoimmunity and tumor responses.  

Michael L. Linenberger, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Associate Program Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship; Medical Director, Apheresis and Cellular Therapy, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Associate Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Research in extracorporeal photochemotherapy for pediatric graft-versus-host disease and safety of peripheral blood stem cell mobilization and collection in elderly donors.

Daniel B. Martin, M.D.
Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Assistant Professor, Institute for Systems Biology.

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.

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).

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 (1) Factor VIII interactions with membranes and von Willebrand factor; (2) Factor VIII interactions with inhibitory antibodies; (3) T-cellepitopes in factor VIII: mapping and modification; and (4)  Design of less immunogenic versions of factor VIII.

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.

Jo Anna Reems, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)SBB
Research Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Scientific Director of Cellular Therapeutics at the Northwest Tissue Center, a division of the Puget Sound Blood Center. Research is focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms responsible for stem cell fate decisions.

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. 

Andrei Shustov, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance..

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.

Errol S. Wijelath, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, VA Puget Sound Health Care System; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine/Hematology, University of Washington School of Medicine.