Meet the Current Researchers

Luis Martinez-Sobrido, PhD

Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Development of a Universal Flu Vaccine

Meredith McCormack, MD, MHS

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Testing a Diabetes Drug in Obese Individuals With Asthma

Katherine Menson, DO

The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College

Accelerated Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the Preoperative Period

Roy Morello, PhD

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Teasing Out Factors Causing Osteogenesis Imperfecta, a Bone Disease that Affects Breathing

Emily Moser, PhD

University of Florida

Defining Role of Enzyme After Influenza Vacination Will Lead to More Effective Vaccines

Christopher Mosher, MD, MHS

Duke University School of Medicine

Is the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Increased After Acute Exacerbation COPD?

Peter Mullen, PhD

University of Southern California

Does Changing Intake of Specific Nutrients Reduce Levels of SARS-CoV-2 in the Body?

Jun Nagai, PhD

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Cysteinyl Leukotriene Feedforward Signaling Between Mast Cells and Platelets in Allergic Inflammation

Kristin Nelson, PhD, MPH

Emory University

Impact of Introducing Two TB Vaccines in Four Countries

Enid Neptune, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Could Some COPD Patients Benefit From Blood Pressure Drug?

Hasina Outtz-Reed, MD, PhD

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Lymphatic Endothelial Cell Crosstalk in Tertiary Lymphoid Organ Formation and Lung Injury

Jon E. Paczkowski, PhD

Health Research Inc., New York State Department of Health

Characterization of the Effects of Microbial Adaptation to Understand Quorum Sensing Progression in Pathogenesis

Sean Pitroda, MD

The University of Chicago

Uncloaking Immune-Evasive Lung Cancers to Improve Response to Immunotherapy

Sladjana Prisic, PhD

University of Hawaii

Are Low Zinc Levels Fueling TB Infection?

Alvaro Quintanal-Villalonga, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Identifying Therapeutic Targets for Neuroendocrine Transformation

Whitney Rabacal, PhD

University of Georgia Research Foundation

Developing Antibodies to Treat Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Alexandra C. Racanelli, MD, PhD

Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Learning How Lung Blood Vessel Damage Leads to COPD

Rod Rahimi, MD, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Defining Regulatory T cell Control of Dendritic Cell Hubs in Asthma

Kenneth Remy, MD

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Identifying Cause of Immune Suppression in COVID-19 Patients

Samuel Rowbotham, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Harnessing Genetics and Epigenetics to Combat Pulmonary Hypoplasia

Mohsan Saeed, PhD

Trustees of Boston University

Deciphering the Determinants of Coronaviral Tissue Tropism

Hersh Sagreiya, MD

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Automated Lung Ultrasound Using an Unsupervised Machine Learning Technique

Ian Saldanha, PhD, MPH, MBBS

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Weight Loss Drugs and Asthma: Evidence Synthesis to Inform a Randomized Trial

Amali Samarasinghe, PhD

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Can Eosinophils Help Immune System Defend Against SARS-CoV-2?

Stephen Schworer, MD, PhD

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mucus Plugging and Regional Heterogeneity in Asthmatic Small Airways

Leopoldo Nicolas Segal, MD

New York University School of Medicine

Recognizing Treatable Traits Among Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

Shiladitya Sengupta, PhD

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Targeting a Novel Mechanism of Immuno-evasion in Lung Cancer

David Brian Shackelford, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

Testing Novel Compound to Treat KRAS/LKB1 Mutant Lung Tumors

Megumi Shigematsu, PhD

Thomas Jefferson University

Hidden Short RNAs as Novel Inflammatory Mediators in Asthma

Adam Smith, PhD

Texas Tech University

Resolving the Protein-level Effects of Novel Oncogenic Variants of EGFR