
Kenneth Ataga
Division Chief, College of Medicine, Medicine, Med Hematology & Oncology. · University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Credentials: · · · ·
History
- Present
College of Medicine Division · University of Tennessee College of Medicine
- Present
College of Medicine Division · University of Tennessee College of Medicine
- Present
College of Medicine Division · University of Tennessee College of Medicine
- 1993–1994
Teaching Scholars Program (Fellowship), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC, United States. (September 2004 - August

- 1990–1993
SUNY Health Science Center (currently Upstate Medical University) at Syracuse
Received), University of Tennessee Health
Research
Crizanlizumab for the Prevention of Pain Crises in Sickle Cell Disease
New England Journal of Medicine · 2017 · First of 16 authors · 702 citations
JAMA · 2003 · 690 citations
A Phase 3 Randomized Trial of Voxelotor in Sickle Cell Disease
New England Journal of Medicine · 2019 · 481 citations
- EO
22 papers

19 papers

16 papers · 6 as a fellow

15 papers

14 papers

14 papers

13 papers

12 papers
Grants
- 2021–2026
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $3.2M · University of Tennessee Health Sci Ctr
- 2017–2023
Food and Drug Administration · R01
Contact PI · $2M · University of Tennessee Health Sci Ctr
- 2013–2018
Targeted Anticoagulant Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · U01
Contact PI · $6.1M · Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- 2012–2017
Endothelial Dysfunction in the Pathogenesis of Sickle Cell Nephropathy
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.3M · Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Clinical trials
- 2022–2026
Principal investigator · Unknown
University of Tennessee
- 2017–2025
- 2014–2015
- 2014–2018
The Effect of Rivaroxaban in Sickle Cell Disease
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 2
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill



