Meet the Research Team

• Xiaoyi Yuan, Ph.D.
  Evaluating Role of MicroRNA as Therapeutic Target for ARDS
  Catalyst Award
  Topics: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,
  State: Texas

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• Seema Lakdawala, Ph.D.
  Reducing the Spread of Influenza Virus Through the Air
  Biomedical Research Grant
  Topics: Air Pollution, Influenza,
  State: Pennsylvania

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• Yen-Hua Chen, Ph.D.
  Role of Arginase Metabolism in Innate Lymphoid Cell-mediated Lung Inflammation
  Senior Research Training Fellowship
  Topic: Asthma and Allergy
  State: New York
• Sunitha Kaiser, M.D., Ph.D.
  The SHAKE Study: Sustaining High-quality Asthma care for Kids Everywhere
  Innovation Award
  Topic: Asthma and Allergy
  State: California
• Monica Lawrence, M.D.
  Targeting Neutrophils in Severe Childhood Asthma
  American Lung Association /AAAAI Allergic Respiratory Diseases Research Award
  Topic: Asthma and Allergy
  State: Virginia
• Judith Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
  Understanding How a Gene Regulates Viral Asthma Triggers
  American Lung Association /AAAAI Allergic Respiratory Diseases Research Award
  Topic: Asthma and Allergy
  State: Wisconsin

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• Jichao Chen, Ph.D.
  Origin and function of a novel cell population
  Innovation Award
  Topics: Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia,
  State: Texas

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• Jichao Chen, Ph.D.
  Origin and function of a novel cell population
  Innovation Award
  Topics: Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia,
  State: Texas
• Gregg Duncan, Ph.D.
  A New Way to Monitor Mucus in Obstructive Lung Diseases
  Innovation Award
  Topics: Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Cystic Fibrosis,
  State: Maryland
• Karim Bahmed, Ph.D.
  Protecting Aleveolar Cells in Emphysema
  Catalyst Award
  Topics: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Emphysema,
  State: Pennsylvania
• Valerie Press, M.D., M.P.H.
  Reducing COPD Hospital Readmissions
  Innovation Award
  Topic: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  State: Illinois
• Xiaoyi Yuan, Ph.D.
  Evaluating Role of MicroRNA as Therapeutic Target for ARDS
  Catalyst Award
  Topics: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,
  State: Texas
• Zafar Zafari, Ph.D.
  Which Interventions for COPD are Most Cost-Effective?
  Public Policy Award
  Topic: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  State: Maryland

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• Andrew Bryant, M.D.
  Targeting Protein May Reduce Severity of Pulmonary Hypertension
  Biomedical Research Grant
  Topics: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Dyspnea, Interstitial Lung Disease,
  State: Florida

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• Karim Bahmed, Ph.D.
  Protecting Aleveolar Cells in Emphysema
  Catalyst Award
  Topics: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Emphysema,
  State: Pennsylvania

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• Seema Lakdawala, Ph.D.
  Reducing the Spread of Influenza Virus Through the Air
  Biomedical Research Grant
  Topics: Air Pollution, Influenza,
  State: Pennsylvania
• John Schoggins, Ph.D.
  New Avenue for Keeping Influenza in Check
  Innovation Award
  Topic: Influenza
  State: Texas

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• Andrew Bryant, M.D.
  Targeting Protein May Reduce Severity of Pulmonary Hypertension
  Biomedical Research Grant
  Topics: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Dyspnea, Interstitial Lung Disease,
  State: Florida
• Katharina Maisel, Ph.D.
  Use of Immunotherapies for Treating LAM
  Dalsemer Grant
  Topics: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Interstitial Lung Disease,
  State: Maryland
• Anna Podolanczuk, M.D.
  Investigating Home Fungal and Bacterial Exposures as IPF Risk Factors
  Dalsemer Grant
  Topics: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Interstitial Lung Disease,
  State: New York

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• Mohamed Abazeed, M.D., Ph.D.
  Mapping and Exploiting the Subclonal Architecture of Lung Adenocarcinoma
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Ohio
• Dennis Adeegbe, Ph.D.
  Boosting Immune Activity in the Fight Against Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Florida
• John Albeck, Ph.D.
  Learning How the Body Repairs Damaged Lung Epithelium
  Innovation Award
  Topics: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Cancer,
  State: California
• Joseph Barbi, Ph.D.
  Will Blocking a Nerve Protein Help Stop Lung Tumor Growth?
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: New York
• Lisa Carter-Harris, Ph.D.
  Understanding Low Rates of Referral for Lung Cancer Screening
  Social Behavioral Research Grant
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: New York
• Limo Chen, Ph.D.
  Targeting Protein to Improve Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Texas
• Simon Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
  Will Blocking Bmi1 Protein Improve Lung Cancer Immunotherapy?
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: New York
• Kristina Crothers, M.D.
  Communicating Results of Lung Cancer Screening to Patients
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Washington
• Sharad Goyal, M.D.
  Does Radiation From Heart Procedures Increase Risk of Lung Cancer?
  LUNG FORCE Lung Cancer in Women Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: New Jersey
• Pamela Hershberger, Ph.D.
  Reversing Drug Resistance in EGFR Mutant Lung Cancers
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: New York
• Landon Inge, Ph.D.
  Targeting a Cellular Pathway to Treat a Type of Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Arizona
• Venkateshwar Keshamouni, Ph.D.
  NK Cell-mediated Immunotherapy against Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Michigan
• Carla Kim, Ph.D.
  Using “Organoid” Model of Lung Cancer to Test Treatment
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Massachusetts
• Ji Yeon Kim, Ph.D.
  Targeting Hexosamine Pathway in an Aggressive Subtype of Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Illinois
• Dan Landau, M.D., Ph.D.
  Using Fragments of DNA in the Blood to Detect Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: New York
• Piro Lito, M.D., Ph.D.
  Treating Lung Cancer with KRAS Mutation
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: New York
• Billy Loo, M.D., Ph.D.
  FLASH Radiation Therapy and Immune Response in Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: California
• Edwin Ostrin, M.D., Ph.D.
  Enzyme May Play Role in Worsening Immune Function in Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Texas
• Griffith Parks, Ph.D.
  Using a Virus to Treat Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Florida
• Laura Petrillo, M.D.
  Helping Patients with Lung Cancer Mutations Understand Treatment
  Clinical Patient Care Research Grant
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Massachusetts
• Dmitri Petrov, Ph.D.
  Barcoding Genetic Changes May Give Insight Into Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: California
• Sharon Pine, Ph.D.
  Treating PI3 kinase-mutant NSCLC by inhibiting DNA-dependent protein kinase
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: New Jersey
• Shiladitya Sengupta, Ph.D.
  Using Nanotechnology to Target Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Massachusetts
• David Shechter, Ph.D.
  When the Writing Goes Wrong: Protein Arginine Methyltransferases in Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: New York
• Jinjun Shi, Ph.D.
  Making Lung Cancer Responsive to Treatment for Other Cancers
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Massachusetts
• Avrum Spira, M.D.
  Lung Cancer Interception Dream Team: Intercept Lung Cancer Through Immune, Imaging, & Molecular Evaluation (InTIME)
  Stand Up To Cancer–LUNGevity – American Lung Association Lung Cancer Interception Dream Team
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Massachusetts
• Tuomas Tammela, M.D., Ph.D.
  Investigating Role of Enzymes in Cancer Gene Amplification in Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: New York
• Moon-Shong Tang
  Do E-Cigarettes Lead to Lung Cancer?
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topics: E-Cigarettes, Lung Cancer,
  State: New York
• Johanna Uthoff
  Lung Cancer Risk Assessment Using Quantitative Imaging
  Lung Health Dissertation
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Iowa
• Johnathan Whetstine, Ph.D.
  Chromatin Factors Impacting Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Pennsylvania
• Nicole White, Ph.D.
  Insight Into How Lung Tumors Grow
  Biomedical Research Grant
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Missouri
• Bora Youn, MPH, MS
  Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment in the Elderly
  Lung Health Dissertation
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Rhode Island
• Junran Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
  Inhibiting Enzyme Required for Cholesterol Synthesis May Suppress Growth of NSCLC
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
  Topic: Lung Cancer
  State: Ohio

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• Monica Cartelle-Gestal, Ph.D., I.L.M.
  New Vaccine for Whooping Cough
  Catalyst Award
  Topics: Pulmonary Hypertension, Pneumonia,
  State: Georgia
• Hrishikesh Kulkarni, M.D.
  Maintaining Airway Epithelial Cell Survival and Host Defense in Severe Pneumonia
  Biomedical Research Grant
  Topic: Pneumonia
  State: Missouri

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• John Albeck, Ph.D.
  Learning How the Body Repairs Damaged Lung Epithelium
  Innovation Award
  Topics: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Cancer,
  State: California
• Andrew Bryant, M.D.
  Targeting Protein May Reduce Severity of Pulmonary Hypertension
  Biomedical Research Grant
  Topics: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Dyspnea, Interstitial Lung Disease,
  State: Florida
• Andrew Haak, Ph.D.
  Catecholamine Signaling Regulates Pulmonary Fibrosis
  Catalyst Award
  Topic: Pulmonary Fibrosis
  State: Minnesota
• Katharina Maisel, Ph.D.
  Use of Immunotherapies for Treating LAM
  Dalsemer Grant
  Topics: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Interstitial Lung Disease,
  State: Maryland
• Anna Podolanczuk, M.D.
  Investigating Home Fungal and Bacterial Exposures as IPF Risk Factors
  Dalsemer Grant
  Topics: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Interstitial Lung Disease,
  State: New York
• Michael Podolsky, M.D.
  Collagen Turnover in Aging and Fibrosis
  Topic: Pulmonary Fibrosis
  State: California

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• Andrew Bryant, M.D.
  Targeting Protein May Reduce Severity of Pulmonary Hypertension
  Biomedical Research Grant
  Topics: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Dyspnea, Interstitial Lung Disease,
  State: Florida
• Monica Cartelle-Gestal, Ph.D., I.L.M.
  New Vaccine for Whooping Cough
  Catalyst Award
  Topics: Pulmonary Hypertension, Pneumonia,
  State: Georgia
• Partha Dutta, Ph.D.
  Stopping Endothelial Cell Death in Pulmonary Hypertension
  Innovation Award
  Topic: Pulmonary Hypertension
  State: Pennsylvania
• Andrea Frump, Ph.D.
  Role of Protective Factor in Right Heart Failure
  Catalyst Award
  Topic: Pulmonary Hypertension
  State: Indiana
• Xiaoyi Yuan, Ph.D.
  Evaluating Role of MicroRNA as Therapeutic Target for ARDS
  Catalyst Award
  Topics: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,
  State: Texas

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• Andrew Bryant, M.D.
  Targeting Protein May Reduce Severity of Pulmonary Hypertension
  Biomedical Research Grant
  Topics: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Dyspnea, Interstitial Lung Disease,
  State: Florida
• Jichao Chen, Ph.D.
  Origin and function of a novel cell population
  Innovation Award
  Topics: Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia,
  State: Texas
• Andrew Synn, M.D.
  New Chest Imaging Method to Detect Pulmonary Vascular Disease
  Catalyst Award
  Topic: Pulmonary Vascular Disease
  State: Massachusetts
• Xiaoyi Yuan, Ph.D.
  Evaluating Role of MicroRNA as Therapeutic Target for ARDS
  Catalyst Award
  Topics: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,
  State: Texas

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• Summer Hawkins, Ph.D.
  How Do Tobacco and Air Pollution Policies Impact Birth Outcomes?
  Public Policy Award
  Topic: Tobacco
  State: Massachusetts

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• Hannah Gideon, Ph.D.
  Mobilizing the Immune System Against TB
  Biomedical Research Grant
  Topic: Tuberculosis
  State: Pennsylvania
• Christoph Grundner, Ph.D.
  Developing a Unique Dual-Action Compound to Treat Drug-Resistant TB
  Innovation Award
  Topic: Tuberculosis
  State: Washington
• Shouxiong Huang, Ph.D.
  Finding a New TB Vaccine
  Innovation Award
  Topic: Tuberculosis
  State: Ohio

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