Renren Wen

Renren Wen, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and a Senior Investigator at Versiti Blood Research Institute. He also serves as Program Co-Leader of the Hematopoiesis and Immunology program. His research focuses on immune signaling pathways in T/B cells and the interplay between immune and coagulation systems, with emphasis on diseases like heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and thrombotic complications in COVID-19. Dr. Wen holds a PhD from the University of Tennessee Medical School (1996) and completed postdoctoral training at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Research Interests:

• Mechanisms of T/B cell activation and communication
• Aberrant signaling in immune-mediated diseases
• Immune-coagulation crosstalk in thrombosis
• Antibody regulation of platelet function
• Pathogenesis of HIT and COVID-19 thrombosis

Grant Support:

• Principal Investigator (R01 HL148120, R01 HL161127)
• Co-Investigator (R01 HL130724, P01 HL167668)
• Project Leader for P01 HL167668 Project 2
• Core Co-Leader for P01 HL167668 Core B

Laboratory Team: Includes senior research associates, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students specializing in immunology and hematology. Current lab members: Guoping Fu, Shiqi Cai, Tao Liu, Nathan Witman, Vintus Okonkwo, Archana Mollangiri, Daniel Villalobos, Lu Zhou, Andrew Cao.