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Patricia A.R. Brunker, D.Phil., M.D.

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Brown University, Providence, RISc.B.05/1994Biology
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH09/1996Preclinical Medical
University of Oxford, Oxford, UKM.Sc.11/1997Biological Anthropology
University of Oxford, Oxford, UKD.Phil.04/2001Human Genetics
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RIM.D.05/2003Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MDM.H.S.08/2013Clinical Investigation
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA06/2004General Surgery Internship
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA09/2008Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD10/2009Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD06/2012Transfusion Medicine Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

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Available: 05/01/23, Expires: 05/01/27

Blood transfusion was the first "personalized genetic medicine" and remains at the crossroads of with medical and social discussions about race, ethnicity, genetic ancestry, and access to medical care. Our projects are both in the donor space and in the transfusion and cellular therapy space and amenable to longitudinal, inter-institutional, collaboration involving students as writers, researchers, and experimental scientists. Current projects include consideration of hemoglobinopathies in cellular therapy donation, blood availability for diverse patient populations, and serologic and molecular testing to detect increased blood group diversity and transfusion reactions. We are open to as little or as much student involvement as would suit the student's schedule and interest.


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