Expertise

Dr. Unthank’s research is focused on identifying the mechanisms responsible for this impairment with a goal of developing therapies to restore and enhance the natural capacity in patients with occlusive arterial disease.

Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Surgery, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Adjunct Professor, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Professor, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Microvascular Physiology

Assistant Professor, Surgery

Communities
Surgery
Degrees
PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington , Physiology, 1985
MS, Indiana University, Bloomington, Physiology, 1984
MS, Butler University, Education, 1979
BA, Cedarville College, Biology, 1975
Keywords
cardiovascular system lymphatic system immunohistochemistry cardiovascular biology cardiovascular physiology blood diseases cardiovascular diseases pulmonary diseases respiratory diseases growth factors cardiology geriatrics & gerontology cardiopulmonary chest medicine
Honors

Hypertension and Microcirculation Study Section, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2005-2007

Aging Fellowship (Matthew R. Distasi), Indiana University School of Medicine, 2005-2006

Young Investigator Award (Kimberly A. Kerr), American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section, 2003

Travel Award (William C. Watson), American Physiological Society, 2003

Carl H. McCaskey Award, Indiana Chapter-American College of Surgeons, 2001

Travel Award (Jay L. Tuttle), American Physiological Society, 2000

Scholarship Award (Kevin Condict), Indiana University, 2000

Indiana University Scholarship Award (Andrew Trobridge), Indiana University, 1999

Fellowship in the Cardiovascular Section, American Physiological Society, 1998

FIRST Award, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1991-1996

Grant-In-Aid Award, National American Heart Association, 1991

Associations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Heart Association
American Physiological Society
Microcirculatory Society
North American Vascular Biology Organization