Rick Mathews, Ph.D.
Current Program Year: MS 3
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
Ph.D., 2024, Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University
B.E., 2017, The William E. Macaulay Honors College at the City College of New York
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
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)
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
My complete publication list is available at: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2723-5646