martimic, Author at UNC Blood Research Center

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Matthew Karafin MD awarded REDS-V NIH contract Over the past 30 years, National Heart, Lung and Blood’s REDS (Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Studies) have been the premier research program in blood collection and transfusion safety in the United States. Over 7 years, $7.4 million dollars will be shared with researchers at Emory University and …

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have received a four-year, approximately $2.6 million NIH R01 grant to study current therapies that treat bleeding in people with platelet disorders including Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia (GT), a rare disorder causing severe and sometimes life-threatening bleeding. The research team is led by Karin Leiderman, PhD, Professor of …

Drs. Key and Sparkenbaugh presented during virtual 19th annual Sickle Cell in Focus (SCiF) Conference. The virtual event was held September 24-25, 2026. The SCiF conference will once again be co-hosted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and The University of the West Indies (UWI). Registration is free. A world-class educational update …

Drs. Nigel Key and Anton Ilich are MPIs on a 2-year R33 grant from the NHLBI Catalyze program entitled ‘A novel assay for hyperfibrinolysis in trauma’ The Catalyze Program was established by NIH to support translational science into human-ready therapies, devices or diagnostics.

Congratulations Dr. Alisa Wolberg, the new Kenneth M. Brinkhous Distinguished Professor of Pathology, effective August 1, 2026. Dr. Brinkhous was a true tour-de-force. He was Chair of the Department of Pathology, spanning 4 decades (1946-1973). He created a major research program in thrombosis and hemostasis that established UNC as an international center of excellence for …

Ana Sachetto PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Mackman’s lab, won an award for JTH Top Early Career Peer Reviewers! Ana Sachetto was also appointed as a Member on the ATVB Early Career Committee of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (American Heart Association). Congratulations Ana Sachetto!

Ana Sachetto PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Mackman’s lab, had a paper accepted in RPTH Journal. See article, “Circulating extracellular vesicle tissue factor activity is associated with DIC in two cohorts of patients with sepsis” here Invited commentary here Congratulations!

“A scalable high-throughput platform for the discovery of intracellular and extracellular regulators of platelet migration” paper by Matt Vander Ploeg (MD/PhD student in Bergmeier lab) was selected as the cover image for the current issue of Blood Advances. Read article here by: Matthew R. Vander Ploeg, Ansh Gulati, Matthew J. Flick, James E. …

Patrick Ellsworth, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and member of the Blood Research Center, receives K08 Award. Title: Cell surface localization of FVIII mimetic therapy NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Drs. Nigel Key and Mac Monroe are the primary mentors on the grant. Collaborators and supporting people include Sarah Shelton, PhD (Biomedical Engineering), …

Dr. Leiderman group has recently published two papers in Biophysical Journal. Han Cao first author paper: “Continuum and discrete modeling of binding-site distribution-mediated reactions on lipid surfaces” collaborative with Anirban Sen Gupta. Link to paper: https://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(26)00187-6 A collaborative effort Dr. Leiderman was a part of as a co-mentor to the first author who is not …

Dr. Karin Leiderman’s grad student Leyi Zhang won a poster award at the 12th Symposium on Hemostasis. It was entitled: “Mathematical Modeling of Management of Postoperative Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery”. This work is also collaborative with Dr. Kenichi Tanaka.

Jamie Madrigal, previous student of Dr. Karin Leiderman, was awarded the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Editor’s award. Here is the link to that: https://www.isth.org/news/726139/Journal-of-Thrombosis-and-Haemostasis-announces-2026-Editors-Awards-recipients.htm

Author Archives: martimic

Matthew Karafin MD awarded REDS-V NIH contract

BRC Researchers Receive $2.6 Million Grant to Study Therapies for Rare Platelet Disorders

Drs. Key and Sparkenbaugh presenting at SCIF Sickle Cell Focus Conference.

Key lab receives an NIH R33 Catalyze Program Award

Congratulations to Dr. Alisa Wolberg, the new Kenneth M. Brinkhous Distinguished Professor of Pathology

Ana Sachetto PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, won an award for JTH Top Early Career Peer Reviewers!

Ana Sachetto PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, had a paper accepted in RPTH Journal

Paper by Matt Vander Ploeg (MD/PhD) was selected as the cover image for issue of Blood Advances

Patrick Ellsworth, MD receives K08 award

Dr. Leiderman group has recently published two papers in Biophysical Journal

Leyi Zhang won a poster award at the 12th Symposium on Hemostasis

Jamie Madrigal was awarded the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Editor’s award.