Meet the Current Researchers
See the scientists helping to make a difference with our Research Awards Nationwide, which gives a snapshot of the research we support.-
Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, PhD
The Wistar Institute
Role of Fungal Translocation in Modulating Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19
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Swarnali Acharyya, PhD
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Targeting Brain Relapse in Lung Cancer
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Mario Acunzo, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University
Using New Technologies to Examine Molecular Mechanisms of Lung Cancer Drug Resistance
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John Aitchison, PhD
Seattle Children's Hospital
Identifying Nanobody Proteins to Neutralize COVID-19 Viruses
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George Alba, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University
Pulmonary Endothelial NEDD9 and Acute Lung Injury
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Teresa Allende-Aydillo Gomez, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Immunological Imprinting and Cross-reactive Immune Responses in COVID19
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Mona Alotaibi, MBBS
The Regents of the University of California, San Diego
Metabolomics Determinants of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19
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Kerri Aronson, MD
Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Improving Patients’ Knowledge About Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
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Steven Baker, PhD
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
Alternative Splicing in Human Lung Cells During Influenza A Virus Infection
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Alan P. Baptist, MD, MPH
University of Michigan
Evaluating Behavioral Intervention to Improve Asthma in Older Adults
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Pankaj Baral, PhD
Kansas State University
Neuroimmune Regulation of Influenza A Infection and Viral Pneumonia
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Daniel Belz, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Can Healthy Diet Reduce Risk of COPD Rehospitalization?
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Claudia Benavente, PhD
The Regents of the University of California (Irvine)
Harnessing the Ubiquitin System as a Therapeutic Approach in SCLC
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Elizaveta Benevolenskaya, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Why Do Some Cancer Cells Persist Despite Treatment for EGFR Lung Cancer?
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Marisa Bittoni, PhD
Ohio State University
Can Exercise Reduce Lung Cancer Risk?
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Sonali Bose, MD, MPH
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Influence of omega-3 status on asthma health during pregnancy
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Megan Burger, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Promoting Cooperative T cell Responses Against Lung Cancer
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Tamra Burns Loeb, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Improving Public Health Messages to Reduce COVID-19 Spread in Black and Latinx Communities
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Julio Camarero, PhD
University of Southern California
Therapeutic Targeting of Hdm2/HdmX E3 Ligase in Lung Carcinoma
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Stephen Carpenter, MD, PhD
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Defining Features of Immune Cells Linked to Prevention of Active Tuberculosis
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Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD
The Rockefeller University
Autoantibodies to Interferons in Patients with Emerging Viral Pneumonia
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Joe Chiles, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Active Weight Loss Monitoring for Early Rehabilitation Referral in the Outpatient with COPD
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Bina Choi, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
Proteomics Signatures of Quantitative Interstitial Abnormalities and Impaired Respiratory Health
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Geoffrey Clark, PhD
University of Louisville Research Foundation
Determining How New RAS Inhibitor Works Against Lung Cancer
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Tiziana Corsello-Gorgun, PhD
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Role of Airway Derived Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) in Respiratory Viral Infections
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Ahmet Coskun, PhD
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Revealing How Immune Cells Specialize in Response to Lung Cancer Cells
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Rachel Damico, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Endostatin-Axis in Emphysematous Remodeling in COPD
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Jessy Deshane, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Probiotics and Insulin Resistance in Obese Asthmatics
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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?
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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