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Mary Underwood

Mary Underwood , PhD

Assistant Professor
Pharmacology & Toxicology

Education

Biomedical Sciences (BSc), , Imperial College London, 2006

Employment

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 2025 - Present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2019 - 2025
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Imperial College London, London, 2015 - 2019
Postdoctoral Research Technician, University College London, London, 2014 - 2015
PhD student, University College London, London, 2010 - 2014
Research Technician, University College London, London, 2009 - 2010

Publications

Neonatal Encephalopathy: Novel Phenotypes and Genotypes Identified by Genome Sequencing. Neurology. Genetics (2025)

Genome-wide association and linkage analysis of histidine-rich glycoprotein identifies common variants associated with plasma histidine-rich glycoprotein concentrations RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2025)

Identification of multiple novel procoagulant plasma ligands for stabilin-2 JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2025)

ADAMTS-13 conformation in fluences autoimmune recognition in immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2024)

Venous thromboembolic disease genetics: from variants to function JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2024)

Autoantibodies enhance ADAMTS-13 clearance in patients with immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH (2023)

Whole-exome sequencing identifies rare variants in STAB2 associated with venous thromboembolic disease. Blood (2020)

Degradation of two novel congenital TTP ADAMTS13 mutants by the cell proteasome prevents ADAMTS13 secretion. Thrombosis research (2016)

ADAMTS13 Secretion and Residual Activity among Patients with Congenital Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura with and without Renal Impairment CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY (2015)

Congenital Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura With Novel Mutations in Three Unrelated Turkish Children PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER (2014)

In the News

For Dr. Mary Underwood, the study of hemostasis is in her blood

She has been researching how the proteins in the blood help the blood clot for more than 10 years in two postdoctoral position and now she has brought her skills to MSU's Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology.