Expertise:

Dr. Khanh Ha is graduated with a BS in chemical engineering with Highest Honor from Irkutsk State Technical University, Russia, in June 2009, with support from the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and the Favorskii Fellowship. He obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry with a minor in pharmaceutical science from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, in May 2016. Dr. Ha began his postdoctoral training in molecular imaging and vascular biology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and then moved to Utica to join MMRI in April 2018. At MMRI, his research focuses on molecular imaging and targeted drug delivery for diseases such as thrombosis and atherosclerosis. Currently, his studies are funded by the Halfond-Weil postdoctoral fellowship and the American Heart Association Institutional Research Enhancement Award.

Education:

• 06/2009 B.S. Summa Cum Laude, Chemical Engineering, Irkutsk State Technical University, Russia
• 05/2016 Ph.D. Major: Chemistry, Minor: Pharmaceutical Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
• 03/2018 Postdoc, Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Publications: 

1. R Ikegami, Z Piao, J F. Iglesias, T Pilgrim, K Ha, J R. McCarthy, M Castellanos, M. B. Kassab, M. S. Albagdadi, A Mauskapf, G Spicer, D Kandzari, E. R. Edelman, P. Libby, D Heg, M Joner, G. J. Tearney, F A. Jaffer. "Comparison of ultrathin-strut stent with thin-strut stent healing and outcomes in preclinical and clinical subjects" Eurointervention, 2024, 20(10):e669-e680
2. R Knipe, Md Nurunnabi, C K Probst, J J Spinney, E Abe, RJC Bose, K Ha, A Logue, Tr Nguyen, Rl Servis, M Drummond, B D Medoff, JR. McCarthy. "Myofibroblast-Specific Inhibition of the Rho Kinase-MRTF-SRF Pathway Using Nanotechnology for the Prevention of Pulmonary Fibrosis." American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 2023, 324: L190–L198
3. RJC Bose , C Kessinger , T Dhammu , T Singh , M Shealy , K Ha , R Collandra , S Himbert , F Garcia, N Oleinik , B Xu , M Kontaridis , M Rheinstadter , B Ogretmen , D Menick. "Nanomaterials with Enhanced Splenic Retention for the Modulation of the Immune Response after Myocardial Infarction." Advanced Material, 2023, 36 (8), 2304615
4. Bose RJC, Ha K, McCarthy JR. "Bio-inspired nanomaterials as novel options for the treatment of cardiovascular disease" Drug Discovery Today, 2021 26 (5), 1200-1211
5. K Ha, Zheng X, Kessinger C W., Mauskapf, Li A Wu, Kawamura Y, Orii M, Hilderbrand S A, Jaffer F A, and McCarthy J R. "In Vivo Platelet Detection Using a Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa-Targeted Near- Infrared Fluorescence Imaging Probe" ACS Sensors 2021 6 (6), 2225-2232. Most Read Paper in the issue of June 2021; Editor's Choice Manuscript
6. Nsengiyumva O., Hamedzadeh S., McDaniel J., Macho J., Simpson G., Panda S. S, Ha K., Lebedyeva I., Faidallah H. M, AL-Mohammadi M. M., Hall C D., Katritzky A. R. “A Benzotriazole- Mediated Route to Protected Marine-Derived Hetero-2,5-Diketopiperazines Containing Proline” Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2015, 13, 4399–4403.