Neil Zakai, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, is principal investigator for an R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for “Thrombosis and Bleeding Risk Assessment in Medical Inpatients.” Mary Cushman, M.D., M.Sc., professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, is co-investigator.
Neil Zakai, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor in the Division of Hematology/ Oncology, has received an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for “Thrombosis and Bleeding Risk Assessment in Medical Inpatients.” The goals for the project, in two complementary healthcare systems at the University of Vermont and the University of Washington, are to develop and validate robust models to assess hospital-acquired bleeding and venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk, and determine the period of increased risk for bleeding and VTE after discharge from the hospital.
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