Dr. Hur received his BSc in Biochemistry from McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and completed his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada).<\/p>\n
Dr. Hur first joined the UNC research team in 2019 for his postdoctoral training. Dr. Hur\u2019s research is focused on investigating the bi-directional relationship between metabolic diseases and thrombosis\/hemostasis. It has long been established that obesity is a significant risk factor for development of thromboembolic diseases; however, recent studies suggest that coagulation factors and fibrinolytic proteins reciprocally drive the development of obesity. Dr. Hur studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which coagulation\/fibrinolytic proteins contribute and regulate metabolic processes to regulate the development of metabolic pathologies such as obesity, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, insulin resistance and hypercholesterolemia. Dr. Hur is also interested in identifying the molecular and cellular changes during obesity that promotes thrombosis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"