Meet the Current Researchers

Amanda Poholek, PhD

University of Pittsburgh

Learning Protein’s Role in Allergic Asthma Could Lead to New Treatments

Kurt Prins, MD, PhD

University of Minnesota

Treating Right Heart Dysfunction to Improve Outcomes in PAH

Sladjana Prisic, PhD

University of Hawaii

Are Low Zinc Levels Fueling TB Infection?

Zhaoxia (Julia) Qu, PhD

University of Southern California

Turning Myeloid Immune Cells from Pro-Tumor to Anti-Tumor in Lung Cancer

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

Krishna Reddy, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Projecting the Impact of E-Cigarette Policies

Kenneth Remy, MD

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Identifying Cause of Immune Suppression in COVID-19 Patients

Amali Samarasinghe, PhD

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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

Robert M. Samstein, MD, PhD

Mount Sinai

Improving Responses to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Lung Cancer

Christopher Schafer, PhD

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Determining How Lung’s Blood Vessels Malfunction in Inflammatory Diseases

Leopoldo Nicolas Segal, MD

New York University School of Medicine

Recognizing Treatable Traits Among Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

David Brian Shackelford, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

Testing Novel Compound to Treat KRAS/LKB1 Mutant Lung Tumors

Maryam Sharifi-Sanjani, PhD

University of Pittsburgh

Assisting Heart Function in Pulmonary Hypertension

Megumi Shigematsu, PhD

Thomas Jefferson University

Hidden short RNAs as novel inflammatory mediators in asthma

Shannon Sirk, PhD

University of Illinois

Engineering Bacteria to Produce Targeted Biological Therapeutics

Kellie Smith, PhD

Johns Hopkins University

Anti-Tumor Immune Responses in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Eric Snyder, MD, PhD

University of Utah

When Lung Tumors Change "Identity," How Does It Affect Treatment?

Avrum Spira, MD

Boston University-Boston Medical Center

Lung Cancer Interception Dream Team: Intercept Lung Cancer Through Immune, Imaging, & Molecular Evaluation (InTIME)

Shivani Srivastava, PhD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Enhancing Effectiveness of CAR-T Cell Therapy for Lung Cancer

Edward Cooper Stites, MD, PhD

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Targeted Inhibition of Mutant and Wild-type RAS in KRAS G12C Lung Cancer

Aparna Sundaram, MD

University of California, San Francisco

Studying Protein That Causes Airway Constriction in Asthma

Shumin Tan, PhD

Tufts University

Gaining Insights into a Regulator that Affects Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Alison Taylor, PhD

Columbia University

Effect of Changes in Chromosome Number in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Trent Tipple, MD

University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center

Determing Selenium’s Role in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Lara Traeger, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Addressing Needs of Lung Cancer Patients Facing Risk of Recurrence

Matthew Triplette, MD, MPH, BA

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Assisting in Smoking Cessation and Lung Cancer Screening in Indigenous People in SeaTle (ASSIST)

Anna Volerman, MD

University of Chicago

Evaluating Asthma Management Policy in Chicago Schools

Jing Gennie Wang, MD

Ohio State University

Determining Influence of Plant-Based Diet on Asthma and Response to Air Pollution

Hideo Watanabe, MD, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Distinguishing Different Subgroups of Lung Cancer to Improve Treatment