Katherine High

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America

Katherine A High

Academic positions:
- Director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- William H. Bennett Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Philadelphia, PA
- Adjunct Faculty Member, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr High's special area of interest is in the series of enzymatic reactions that causes blood to clot. However, her research interests extend to several areas, including the molecular basis for hemophilia and thrombosis, or abnormal blood clotting. Her current research on a gene therapy approach to hemophilia hopes to lead to a therapeutic correction of blood Factor IX deficiency, allowing for the prevention of bleeds rather than their treatment after occurrence.

Any other information:
Dr High is President of the American Society for Gene Therapy (ASGT), a member of the FDA Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee (CTGTAC) and the NHLBI Advisory Committee. She is also an Elected Councillor for the American Society of Hematology (ASH) and a member of Executive Committee. Dr High is on the editorial board of the journal 'Blood'.

Dr High was chair of session on Novel Therapeutics, Gordon Conference on Hemostasis and Scientific Co-chair at the American Society of Hematology, 42nd annual meeting. Her research has been recognized by her election as a Fellow of the AAAS, for "Distinguished contributions in the field of human gene therapy", election to the American Clinical and Climatological Association and fellowship of the American Heart Association. She has also received the National Hemophilia Foundation Researcher of the Year Award.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Hematology > Bleeding & Coagulation Disorders (since 16 November 2005)

Katherine High is a Section Head for Bleeding & Coagulation Disorders, part of the HEMATOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

http://www.med.upenn.edu/camb/faculty/gt/high.html