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Nigel S Key, MB, ChB, FRCP, is a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member, Director of the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center and Harold R. Roberts Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at UNC-Chapel Hill.

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Harold R Roberts Distinguished Professor
UNC-Chapel Hill
Clinical Research

Area of Interest

As a benign hematologist, my primary clinical and research interests are in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis. Included in this overall theme, I have had a longstanding interest in the mechanisms of cancer-associated thrombosis. My lab has worked with large sample repositories to determine whether circulating biomarkers that predict a high risk of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (and/or point to novel pathophysiologic mechanisms) can be identified in blood. I have also participated in the ASCO Guidelines on Prevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer.

Awards and Honors

  • President, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2016-2018
  • 2015 Biggs-MacFarlane Plenary Lecture, British Society of Haematology
  • 2014-16 Chair of Council, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • 2005 Best Doctors, Minneapolis-St Paul Magazine
  • 2005 Harold R. Roberts Distinguished Professor, UNC
  • 2005 American Clinical and Climatological Association
  • 2005 Associate Editor, Thrombosis Research
  • 2004 Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • 2003 Researcher of the Year Award, National Hemophilia Foundation
  • 2003 12th Annual Clinical Scholar Award, University of Minnesota Physicians
  • 2002-2006 Best Doctors in America
  • 2000 Outstanding Care Provider Award, Hemophilia Foundation of MN and Dakota
  • 1999 Elected Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (London)
  • 1999 Individual NRSA, NIH
  • 1998 Teacher Of The Year Award, Dept of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
  • 1995-2000 NIH FIRST Award
  • 1991 Watson Award, University of Minnesota Medical School
  • 1976 Harkness Bursary, University of St. Andrew’s

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