AndrewHaleMD, PhD

Summary

• Andrew T. Hale, MD, PhD is currently a resident in Neurosurgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees in biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University where he studied the role of endothelial KLF4 in vascular biology under the guidance of Mukesh K. Jain, MD and Anne Hamik MD, PhD. He then joined the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP; MD, PhD) at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He earned his PhD under the tutelage of John D. York, PhD, where he applied biochemical, molecular, structural, single-cell sequencing, mouse-model and genetic approaches to study the roles of a family of lithium-sensitive phosphatases in cell-signaling, metabolism, and disease. Andrew completed post-doctoral training in quantitative human genetics and functional genomics. He used mutli-omic approaches to understand the genetic architecture of hydrocephalus, cerebrospinal fluid shunt failure, infectious disease, intracerebral aneurysm formation and rupture, and epilepsy. Andrew is also interested in clinical outcomes research, with a particular emphasis on machine-learning and artificial-intelligence approaches. His clinical interests include pediatric and cerebrovascular neurosurgery. Beyond work, Andrew enjoys traveling, wildlife conservation, fly-fishing, and spending time with his wife and two dogs.