Meet the Current Researchers

Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, PhD

The Wistar Institute

Role of Fungal Translocation in Modulating Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19

Swarnali Acharyya, PhD

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

Targeting Brain Relapse in Lung Cancer

Mario Acunzo, PhD

Virginia Commonwealth University

Using New Technologies to Examine Molecular Mechanisms of Lung Cancer Drug Resistance

John Aitchison, PhD

Seattle Children's Hospital

Identifying Nanobody Proteins to Neutralize COVID-19 Viruses

George Alba, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University

Pulmonary Endothelial NEDD9 and Acute Lung Injury

Teresa Allende-Aydillo Gomez, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Immunological Imprinting and Cross-reactive Immune Responses in COVID19

Mona Alotaibi, MBBS

The Regents of the University of California, San Diego

Metabolomics Determinants of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19

Kerri Aronson, MD

Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Improving Patients’ Knowledge About Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Steven Baker, PhD

Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute

Alternative Splicing in Human Lung Cells During Influenza A Virus Infection

Alan P. Baptist, MD, MPH

University of Michigan

Evaluating Behavioral Intervention to Improve Asthma in Older Adults

Pankaj Baral, PhD

Kansas State University

Neuroimmune Regulation of Influenza A Infection and Viral Pneumonia

Daniel Belz, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Can Healthy Diet Reduce Risk of COPD Rehospitalization?

Claudia Benavente, PhD

The Regents of the University of California (Irvine)

Harnessing the Ubiquitin System as a Therapeutic Approach in SCLC

Elizaveta Benevolenskaya, PhD

University of Illinois at Chicago

Why Do Some Cancer Cells Persist Despite Treatment for EGFR Lung Cancer?

Marisa Bittoni, PhD

Ohio State University

Can Exercise Reduce Lung Cancer Risk?

Sonali Bose, MD, MPH

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Will a Diet High in Omega 3 Fatty Acids Improve Asthma During Pregnancy?

Megan Burger, PhD

Oregon Health & Science University

Promoting Cooperative T cell Responses Against Lung Cancer

Tamra Burns Loeb, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

Improving Public Health Messages to Reduce COVID-19 Spread in Black and Latinx Communities

Julio Camarero, PhD

University of Southern California

Therapeutic Targeting of Hdm2/HdmX E3 Ligase in Lung Carcinoma

Stephen Carpenter, MD, PhD

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Defining Features of Immune Cells Linked to Prevention of Active Tuberculosis

Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD

The Rockefeller University

Autoantibodies to Interferons in Patients with Emerging Viral Pneumonia

Joe Chiles, MD

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Active Weight Loss Monitoring for Early Rehabilitation Referral in the Outpatient with COPD

Bina Choi, MD

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Proteomics Signatures of Quantitative Interstitial Abnormalities and Impaired Respiratory Health

Geoffrey Clark, PhD

University of Louisville Research Foundation

Determining How New RAS Inhibitor Works Against Lung Cancer

Tiziana Corsello-Gorgun, PhD

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Role of Airway Derived Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) in Respiratory Viral Infections

Ahmet Coskun, PhD

Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Revealing How Immune Cells Specialize in Response to Lung Cancer Cells

Rachel Damico, MD, PhD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Endostatin-Axis in Emphysematous Remodeling in COPD

Jessy Deshane, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Probiotics and Insulin Resistance in Obese Asthmatics

Priyadharshini Devarajan, PhD

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

What Precursors Become Lung-Resident CD4 Memory that Protect Against Respiratory Infections or Cause Lung Pathology?

Jasmine Dowell, MD

The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.

Mechanistic Role of the Beta-2 Receptor and Renin-Angiotensin System in Hyperoxia-induced Airway Resistance in Rat Pups