Research Assistant Professor
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States
Dr. Shekhar Kumar is a Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Kumar uses structural and biochemical methods to study proteins involved in the blood coagulation pathway with a goal to understand the molecular mechanisms that govern the hemostatic response. He has taken a multidisciplinary approach to study the membrane-dependent assembly of coagulation complexes and their specific actions on macromolecular substrates. His efforts have led to unexpected and key insights into how function follows form in coagulation factors V and Xa.