Meet the Current Researchers

Catherine Rufatto Sears, MD

Indiana University

Learning How Lung Cancer Develops in People with COPD

Mohanraj Sadasivam, PhD

The University of Iowa

Evaluating a Safer, More Targeted Immunotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer

S. Christy Sadreameli, MD, MHS

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Impact of Maryland’s Mandatory Stock Bronchodilator Law on Student Asthma Outcomes

Ana Serezani, PhD

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Testing Interactions Between Two Cell Types to Learn How Lung Injury and Scarring Begin

Nan Sethakorn, PhD

Loyola University of Chicago

Testing New Treatments for Lung Cancer That Has Spread to Bone

Divya Shankar, MD

Boston University

How Can We Improve Equity of Care for Racial and Ethnic Minority Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis?

Daniel Shin, MD, PhD

Boston Children’s Hospital

Unveiling Lung Autoimmunity: Role of Regulatory T Cells in Immune Protection

Aparna Soni, PhD

Indiana University

Evaluating the Impacts of State Tobacco Control Policies on COPD

Brent Stockwell, PhD

Columbia University

Inhibiting Protein That Stores Iron in the Blood Could Lead to New COVID-19 Treatments

Dawei Sun, PhD

Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Uncovering the Link Between ARDS and Impaired Regeneration of Alveoli

Luciana Padua Tavares, PhD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

How Neutrophils Can Play Crucial Role in Lung Healing in ARDS

Alex Tsankov, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Identifying New Treatment Strategies with Lung Adenocarcinoma with TP53 Mutations

Tatsuya Tsukui, PhD

University of California, San Francisco

Determining Role of Inflammatory Signals on Fibroblasts in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Daniel Wallman, MD

Boston University

Studying Genetic Variations in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in Understudied Populations

Ruobing Wang, MD

Boston Children's Hospital

Identifying New Ways to Treat Viral Infections in People with Cystic Fibrosis

Monte Meier Winslow, PhD

Stanford University

Identifying Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Lung Cancer

Chengjin Ye, PhD

Texas Biomedical Research Institute

SARS-CoV-2 NSP3 functions as a phosphatase to antagonize innate immunity

Anna Yeo, PhD

Rhode Island Hospital

Dietary Patterns and Asthma Activity in Urban Children

Helena Yu, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Developing a Model to Select Patients for Radiation Therapy in EGFR+ Lung Cancer

Wenjie Yu, PhD

The University of Iowa

Enlarged Airway Glands and Their Link to Mucus Abnormalities in Chronic Airway Disease

Etay Ziv, MD, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Reducing Risk of Local Recurrence After Ablation for Early-Stage Lung Cancer