Martina Daly

Biography

I joined the University of Sheffield in 1991 when I took up a postdoctoral research post with the Section of Molecular Genetics working with Professor Ian Peake on the investigation of genotype-phenotype relationships in von Willebrand disease. Before this, I completed a PhD in the Children´s Research Centre, Dublin where I developed an interest in haemostasis, in particular antithrombin deficiency, and undertook postdoctoral research posts first in the Children´s Research Centre, Dublin and then in the Department of Haematology, Cambridge UK, where I worked with Professor Robin Carrell´s group on the investigation of the molecular basis of antithrombin deficiency. I was appointed Lecturer in 1992, Senior Lecturer in 2001 and Professor in 2017.

Research Interest

My research is aimed at improving understanding of the pathogenesis of inherited haemostatic disorders. Current areas of interest include the identification and characterisation of novel genetic defects underlying inherited platelet bleeding disorders and inherited thrombocytopenia. I am also interested in the contribution of platelet gene variation to the bleeding tendency in patients with type 1 von Willebrand factor.