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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Standing InnOvation Award, University of Florida
  • 2021 - Standing InnOvation Award, University of Florida
  • 2020 - Standing InnOvation Award, University of Florida
  • 2018 - Standing InnOvation Award, University of Florida
  • 2016 - Technology Innovator Award, University of Florida
  • 2015 - Technology Innovator Award, University of Florida
  • 2014 - Member, Chinese Neurotrauma Scholar Association
  • 2014 - Technology Innovator Award, University of Florida
  • 2013 - Dr. A.K. Banerji Oration Award, Indian National Neurotrauma Society
  • 2012 - Technology Innovator Award, University of Florida
  • 2011 - Technology Innovator Award, University of Florida
  • 2009 - Technology Innovator Award, University of Florida
  • 2007 - Technology Innovator Award, University of Florida
  • 2005 - Rengachary Oration Award, Neurotrauma Society of India
  • 1999 - Member, National Neurotrauma Society
  • 1999 - Member, Society for Neuroscience
  • 1998 - Merit Award, Canadian Society Of Chemistry
  • 1991 - Member, The New York Academy of Sciences

Overview

Kevin K. W. Wang is affiliated with Morehouse School of Medicine in the United States. The primary focus of their research lies within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Neurology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Emergency Medicine, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging as subfields of study.

Their work covers several topics, including:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment

Kevin K. W. Wang has contributed to numerous publications documented across frequent venues such as:

  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurotrauma Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among recent papers associated with Kevin K. W. Wang are:

  • Traumatic brain injury: progress and challenges in prevention, clinical care, and research (2022), published in The Lancet Neurology
  • Posttranslational Modifications Mediate the Structural Diversity of Tauopathy Strains (2020), published in Cell
  • Functional Outcomes Over the First Year After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in the Prospective, Longitudinal TRACK-TBI Study (2021), published in JAMA Neurology
  • Blood biomarkers on admission in acute traumatic brain injury: Relations to severity, CT findings and care path in the CENTER-TBI study (2020), published in EBioMedicine
  • Prognostic value of day-of-injury plasma GFAP and UCH-L1 concentrations for predicting functional recovery after traumatic brain injury in patients from the US TRACK-TBI cohort: an observational cohort study (2022), published in The Lancet Neurology

Frequent collaborative partners include:

  • Firas Kobeissy
  • John K. Yue
  • Geoffrey T. Manley
  • Claudia S. Robertson
  • David O. Okonkwo

Kevin K. W. Wang has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Elsevier BV titled Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research

    Andrew I R Maas;David K Menon;P David Adelson;Nada Andelic

  • Calpain and caspase : can you tell the difference?

    Kevin K.W Wang

  • Glial fibrillary acidic protein: from intermediate filament assembly and gliosis to neurobiomarker

    Zhihui Yang;Kevin K.W. Wang

  • Non-erythroid alpha-spectrin breakdown by calpain and interleukin 1 beta-converting-enzyme-like protease(s) in apoptotic cells: contributory roles of both protease families in neuronal apoptosis.

    Rathna Nath;Kadee J Raser;Daniel Stafford;Iradj Hajimohammadreza

  • The calpain family and human disease

    Yuanhui Huang;Kevin K.W. Wang

  • Acute Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury: Relationship between Plasma Levels of Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase-L1 and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein

    Ramon Diaz-Arrastia;Kevin K.W. Wang;Linda Papa;Marco D. Sorani

  • Case-mix, care pathways, and outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury in CENTER-TBI: a European prospective, multicentre, longitudinal, cohort study

    Ewout W. Steyerberg;Ewout W. Steyerberg;Eveline Wiegers;Charlie Sewalt;Andras Buki

  • Recovery After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Patients Presenting to US Level I Trauma Centers: A Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK-TBI) Study.

    Lindsay D. Nelson;Nancy R. Temkin;Sureyya Dikmen;Jason Barber

  • An update on diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for traumatic brain injury.

    Kevin K. Wang;Zhihui Yang;Tian Zhu;Yuan Shi

  • Elevated levels of serum glial fibrillary acidic protein breakdown products in mild and moderate traumatic brain injury are associated with intracranial lesions and neurosurgical intervention.

    Linda Papa;Lawrence M. Lewis;Jay L. Falk;Zhiqun Zhang

  • Cytochrome c Release and Caspase Activation in Traumatic Axonal Injury

    András Büki;David O. Okonkwo;Kevin K. W. Wang;John T. Povlishock

  • CALPAIN INHIBITION : AN OVERVIEW OF ITS THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL

    Kevin K.W. Wang;Yuen Po-Wai

  • Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase is a novel biomarker in humans for severe traumatic brain injury.

    Linda Papa;Linnet Akinyi;Ming Cheng Liu;Jose A. Pineda

  • Simultaneous Degradation of αII- and βII-Spectrin by Caspase 3 (CPP32) in Apoptotic Cells

    Kevin K.W. Wang;Rand Posmantur;Rathna Nath;Kim McGinnis

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Temporal MRI characterization, neurobiochemical and neurobehavioral changes in a mouse repetitive concussive head injury model

    Zhihui Yang;Ping Wang;Drake Morgan;Adriaan W. Bruijnzeel

  • Calmodulin-binding proteins as calpain substrates

    K K W Wang;A Villalobo;B D Roufogalis

  • An alpha-mercaptoacrylic acid derivative is a selective nonpeptide cell-permeable calpain inhibitor and is neuroprotective.

    K K Wang;R Nath;A Posner;K J Raser

  • Caspase-Mediated Fragmentation of Calpain Inhibitor Protein Calpastatin during Apoptosis

    Kevin K.W. Wang;Rand Posmantur;Ravi Nadimpalli;Rathna Nath

  • Serum levels of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase distinguish mild traumatic brain injury from trauma controls and are elevated in mild and moderate traumatic brain injury patients with intracranial lesions and neurosurgical intervention.

    Linda Papa;Lawrence M. Lewis;Salvatore Silvestri;Jay L. Falk

  • CASEIN ZYMOGRAPHY : A METHOD TO STUDY MU -CALPAIN, M-CALPAIN, AND THEIR INHIBITORY AGENTS

    K.J. Raser;A. Posner;K.K.W. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey T. Manley
Geoffrey T. Manley University of California, San Francisco
Pratik Mukherjee
Pratik Mukherjee University of California, San Francisco
Claudia S. Robertson
Claudia S. Robertson Baylor College of Medicine
Ramon Diaz-Arrastia
Ramon Diaz-Arrastia University of Pennsylvania
David O. Okonkwo
David O. Okonkwo University of Pittsburgh
Jonathan Rosand
Jonathan Rosand Harvard University
Adam R. Ferguson
Adam R. Ferguson University of California, San Francisco
Mark S. Gold
Mark S. Gold Washington University in St. Louis
John T. Povlishock
John T. Povlishock Virginia Commonwealth University
Nancy R. Temkin
Nancy R. Temkin University of Washington

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