Her area of clinical expertise is transfusion medicine.Dr. Brunker’s research explores the genetics of the basis of alloimmunization. These projects include the evaluation of rapid-responder and non-responder status in pregnancy and family studies of alloimmunization including microchimerism analysis.Dr. Brunker received her medical degree from Brown University Medical School. She completed her residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in anatomic and clinical pathology and performed a fellowship in transfusion medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and another in the Credentialing Services Section of the National Institutes of Health.Dr. Brunker is certified in transfusion medicine and anatomic and clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology.