Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics
Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, United States
Dr. Radek Kaczmarek is an Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics at Gene and Cell Therapy Laboratory, Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis, IN). Dr. Kaczmarek completed his PhD in molecular biology at Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy in Wroclaw, Poland, and MSc in biotechnology at University of Wroclaw, Poland. His research interests include immune responses to gene and protein replacement therapies for hemophilia A and B. Since joining faculty at the Indiana University School of Medicine he has focused on studying the immunogenicity of factor VIII and adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated gene therapy for hemophilia A. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications. His work has been honored with several awards and presented at American Society of Hematology annual meetings, International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis and other key international conferences.
Radek is the Chair of the Coagulation Product Safety, Supply and Access (CPSSA) Committee of the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH), is a member of the WFH Medical Advisory Board, a member of the ISTH Scientific and Standardization Committee (SSC) Working Group on Gene Therapy Steering Committee, a member of the European Haemophilia Consortium (EHC) Medical and Scientific Advisory Group, and a member of the European Haemophilia Safety Surveillance (EUHASS) Steering Committee. He has served on multiple scientific advisory boards and as an ad-hoc expert for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Scientific Advice Working Party and Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee. He also serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Frontiers of Immunology.