Nancy J Wandersee, PhD
- Investigator, Children's Research Institute
- Assistant professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
Locations
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8701 Watertown Plank Rd.Milwaukee, WI 53226
Overview
Division
- Hematology, Oncology and Transplant
Research center/program
- Bleeding disorders research
Research interests
- Bleeding and blood disorders
- Sickle cell anemia
- Cell and developmental biology
- Disease pathology
Study interests
- Red blood cell membrane/membrane skeleton
- Hereditary spherocytosis and elliptocytosis
- Sickle cell disease
- Hemolysis and vascular injury
- Mouse models
- Pathophysiology of stroke, thrombosis and vascular dysfunction
Education
- Doctorate, Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1995
- Post-doctoral fellowship, Red Blood Cell Research, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1995-2001
Education and Awards
Education
Awards
- Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society and Gamma Sigma Epsilon Chemistry Honor Society, 1986
- Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 1986
- Member Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society 1986–present
- Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1997–present
- Member American Society of Hematology 1998–present
Research and publications
Research
- Nociceptive Mechanisms Underlying Sickle Cell Pain, National Institutes of Health (NIH) (NHLBI/NINDS, co-investigator
- Research Project Cooperative (U54 Grant): Midwest Basic and Translational Research Parogram (BTRP), NIH (NHBI), Core Leader (Animal Core), principal investigator (Blood Center subcontract), co-investigator (Project 4: Cell Free Hemoglobin, Lipid Oxidation, and Nitric Oxide in Sickle Cell Disease)
- Mechanisms of Vascular Injury in Murine Hemolytic Anemia, American Heart Association, National Center Scientist Development Grant, principal investigator