Kim Vanuytsel, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hematology & Medical Oncology
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Biography
Dr. Kim Vanuytsel is a stem cell biologist with expertise in developmental hematopoiesis, red blood cell development and hematopoietic stem cell biology. As part of the research community at Boston University and Boston Medical Center, she has focused on developing tools and resources that help us understand important concepts in hematopoietic development with the goal of translating this knowledge into the realization of the immense potential that induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and hematopoietic stem cells hold for disease modeling and regenerative medicine.
With her work, Dr. Vanuytsel aims to find better solutions for patients suffering from blood disorders. To achieve this, her lab 1) studies hematopoietic development and the biology of blood stem cells to improve hematopoietic stem cell transplantation outcomes and 2) generates red blood cells from sickle cell disease patient-specific iPSCs to assess novel therapeutic options across the diverse patient population served at Boston Medical Center.
- Departments & Programs
- Hematology & Medical Oncology and Medicine