Immunology, Immunity, Inflammation and Immunotherapies

Biography

Dr. Ratajczak is Professor of Medicine, the Henry M. and Stella M. Hoenig Endowed Chair in Cancer Biology and the Director of the Developmental Biology Research Program at the University of Louisville's James Graham Brown Cancer Center. Dr. Ratajczak is also a Head of Department of Regenerative Medicine at Warsaw Medical University. He is an internationally known specialist in the field of adult stem cell biology. Dr. Ratajczak is also known from his work on novel mechanisms of mobilization and homing of stem cells, biological role of extracellular microvesicles and molecular mechanisms of cancer metastasis. Among Dr. Ratajczak’s prestigious awards are the are the 2014 Karl Landsteiner Life Achievement Award from the German Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematotherapy, 2008 President’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creativity from the University of Louisville, the 2008 Cancer Researcher of the Year award, the 2006 Award in Medicine and Biology from the Foundation for Polish Sciences (the highest scientific award in Poland), the 2004 Individual Award from the Polish Ministry of Health for Scientific Achievements and the 2002 Chad Kopple Spirit Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Dr. Ratajczak was honored with the degree, doctoris honoris causa, from the Medical University of Silesia. He has published numerous books and more than 500 peer-reviewed publications and is a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide. His work was cited more than 17 000 and his Hirsh Index = 67. He is a visiting Professor at Kansai University in Osaka, Japan and Fudan University in China. His work is currently supported by two R.01 grants from National Institutes of Health.

Research Interest

Stem Cell Biology