Jordan Shavit is a professor of Pediatrics and Human Genetics, and the Henry and Mala Dorfman Family Professor at the University of Michigan. Dr. Shavit’s research interests are the genetics of hematologic and cardiovascular diseases, including hemophilia and bleeding disorders, as well as excessive clotting, such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and deep vein thrombosis. He has used genome editing to produce mutations in the relevant pathways, with the surprising finding that fish tolerate disturbances that are embryonic lethal in mammals. Dr. Shavit is Vice President/President-Elect of the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society, a recent chair of the Megakaryocyte and Platelet Scientific Subcommittee of the American Society of Hematology, and co-chair of the Hematology Research Interest Group of the Zebrafish Disease Models Society.