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In 2018 Hossack Laboratory received a new four-year National Institutes of Health R01 grant to investigate catheter-based generation of special-purpose microbubbles for rapid erosion of embolic clots. Venous thromboembolism (VTE), comprising Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE), results in significant mortality, morbidity, and societal cost. There are approximately 900,000 recurrent, fatal and nonfatal VTE events resulting in 300,000 deaths annually in the US.