Rick Mathews, Ph.D. (he/ him)

  • Current Program Year: MS3
  • Graduate, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, School of Medicine
  • M.D./Ph.D. Program Students, School of Medicine

Biography

I am an MD/ PhD candidate at the Oregon Health & Science University with a background in biomedical engineering, vascular biology, and thrombosis. My PhD research, funded by an NIH F30 fellowship, investigated the role of glycosaminoglycans in deep vein thrombus formation and resolution. I have expanded my research focus to congenital cardiovascular disease. I am the lead author of a peer-reviewed perspective published in the American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, identifying a critical and unaddressed developmental baseline for coarctation of the aorta, a congenital heart disease.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S.E., 2017, The William E. Macaulay Honors College at the City College of New York
    • Ph.D., 2024, Oregon Health & Science University

Memberships and associations:

  • American Physician Scientist Association
  • National Engineering Honor Society, Tau Beta Pi

Areas of interest

  • Endothelial Dysfunction
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Congenital Cardiovascular Disease
  • Venous Thromboembolism
  • Vascular Biology
  • Endothelial Mechanotransduction

Additional information

Honors and awards

  • Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral National Research Service Award, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Grant F30HL163918
  • Looking to the Future Scholar, Society of Thoracic Surgeons (2022)
  • Walter de Groot Scholar, American Vein and Lymphatic Society (2021)
  • Vascular Annual Meeting Travel Award, Society for Vascular Surgery (2022)
  • Student Travel Award, Pacific Northwest Vascular Society (2022)
  • Multidisciplinary Research Training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Grant T32HL083808
  • Medical Scientist Training Program, The National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Grant T32GM109835

Publications

Selected publications

  • Mathews R, Hinds MT, Woltjer RL, Muralidaran A. Territory Mapping the Ductal-Aortic Junction Throughout Gestation is a Critical and Missing Baseline for Coarctation of the Aorta. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2026. DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00741.2025
  • Mathews R, Setthavongsack N, Le-Cook A, Kaempf A, Loftis JM, Woltjer RL, Lorentz CU, Revenko A, Hinds MT, Nguyen KP. Role of platelet count in a murine stasis model of deep vein thrombosis. Platelets. 2024;35(1):2290916. PMID: 38105383
  • Mathews R, Hinds MT, Nguyen KP. Venous thromboembolism: diagnostic advances and unaddressed challenges in management. Curr Opin Hematol. 2024;31(3):122-129. PMID: 38345009

Publications