Meet the Current Researchers

Nairrita Majumder, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

Activating Potassium Channels to Protect Against Lung Damage in Pneumonia

Jenny Mannion, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Defining the Role of CCR4 in Regulatory T cell Control of Tissue-resident Memory Th2 Cells in Allergic Disease

Sheena E. Martenies, PhD, MPH

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Improving Portable Air Cleaner Use in Homes with Children

Maxwell Mathias, MD

Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center

Selenium Deficiency in Neonatal Pulmonary Endothelial Injury

Stephen Mein, MD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Will Cutting Medicare Drug Costs Help Black and Hispanic Adults to Obtain and Use Inhalers?

Jarrod Mousa, PhD

Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.

Insights into Breast Milk Antibodies Induced by Respiratory Viruses

Hung Nguyen, PhD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

How T Lymphocyte Promotes Fibrosis in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease

Giovanni Nigita, PhD

The Ohio State University

HERV Loci as Biomarkers/Targets in Osimertinib-resistant EGFR-mutant NSCLC

Crystal M. North, MD

Harvard Medical School

Addressing Inequities from Before Medically Advised Discharges after Asthma Exacerbation

Kathryn A. O'Donnell, PhD

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Targeting Lactate in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Mila Ortigoza, MD, PhD

New York University Grossman School of Medicine

How Do Certain Immune Responses Unintentionally Boost Flu Virus Spread?

Jin-Ah Park, PhD

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Hic-5-dependent Epithelial Mechanotransduction and Extracellular Vesicle Release in Asthma

Ami Patel, PhD

The Wistar Institute

How Do CAR-T Cell Therapies Predispose Body to Influenza-Associated Lung Disease?

Silke Paust, PhD

The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine

Inhaled Non-neutralizing Antibodies as a Universal Influenza Therapy

Ryan M. Pearson PhD

University of Maryland

Using Nanoparticles to Target and Reprogram Immune Cell Metabolism to Treat Asthma

Novalia Pishesha, PhD

Boston Children's Hospital

Using Proteins Derived from Alpacas to Reduce Allergic Reactions in Asthma

Sergio Poli, MD

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Pathogenic T Cell States Driving Progression from Subclinical RA-ILA to RA-ILD

Sunad Rangarajan, MD

University of Colorado Denver

Discovering Key to Fibroblast Activation in Lung Fibrosis Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis

Ahmed A. Raslan, PhD

Boston University

Targeting Endothelial Cells in Small Lung Capillaries to Halt Progression of Lung Fibrosis

Meghan Rebuli, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Do Chemicals in Popular Air Fresheners Have Potential to Harm Key Airway Cells?

Esther Redin, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Identification of Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in KMT2D Mutant SCLC Tumors

Jessica Rice, DO

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Built to Last: How Whole Home Repairs in Philadelphia Impact Health

Mary Berlik Rice, MD

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Purifying Indoor Air of Biological and Chemical Pollutants to Enhance Respiratory Health in Eosinophilic COPD

Andrea Rivera-Sepulveda, MD

Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando

Feasibility and Performance of Airwave Oscillometry for Bronchiolitis Assessment in the Emergency Department

Luis Rodriguez, PhD

The George Washington University

Linking Distal Bronchiolization to Intrinsic Epithelial Stress

Joselyn Rojas-Quintero, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Investigating How Metformin Protects Against Cigarette Smoke Damage in Lung Cells in COPD

Mohanraj Sadasivam, PhD

The University of Iowa

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

Gelareh Sadigh, MD

The Regents of the University of California, Irvine

Improving Lung Cancer Screening: A Multi-Level Pilot Randomized Trial

S. Christy Sadreameli, MD, MHS

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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

Heather Schofield, MD, PhD

The Regents of the University of Michigan

Defining the Role of Cancer Cell Plasticity and WNT Pathway Activation during Lung Adenocarcinoma Metastasis