Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Mentor: Graca Almeida-Porada, MD, PhD
Dr. Martin Rodriguez is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Fetal Research & Therapy Program at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University and received his doctorate degree in Molecular Medicine from Wake Forest University.
Dr. Rodriguez’s research interests are to study the hematological and immunological effects of direct AAV vector- and LV vector-based gene therapies for the treatment of bleeding disorders, including hemophilia A. Currently, he investigates the immune cell signaling response to clotting factor FVIII post-gene therapy in a prenatal and neonatal context. Dr. Rodriguez’s hobbies are to go hiking, mountain biking, bouldering, and running Spartan races with his wife.