Previously Funded Researchers
See researchers who have made a difference in research we have funded in previous years through our nationwide research awards, showcasing the breadth of the work and scientists we have supported.- 
                            
                                
Francisco Cartujano, MD
University of Rochester
Using Text Messaging to Stop Vaping
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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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Jennifer Casey, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
How Does Cadmium in Cigarette Smoke Increase Risk of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia?
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Suzanne Cassel, M.D.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Blocking Development of Cells Involved in Steroid-Resistant Asthma
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Stephen Chan, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
NCOA7 as a novel therapeutic and genetic diagnostic target in SARS-CoV-2 infection
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Tung Chan, Ph.D.
Thomas Jefferson University
Protecting Lungs by Stimulating Molecule Important to Cell Survival
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Hitendra Chand, Ph.D.
Florida International University
Reducing Mucus Production in Asthma and COPD
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Jichao Chen, Ph.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Origin and function of a novel cell population
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Limo Chen, Ph.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Targeting Protein to Improve Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer
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Tianji Chen, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Discovering Protein's Role in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Ya-Wen Chen, PhD
University of Southern California
Roles of hypoxia and Wnt signaling in human progenitor cell fate decision during lung injury
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Yen-Hua Chen, Ph.D.
Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Role of Arginase Metabolism in Innate Lymphoid Cell-mediated Lung Inflammation
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Emily Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
Overcoming Resistance to Newest EGFR-Inhibiting Lung Cancer Drugs
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Haiying Cheng, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Potential new immune evasion pathways and molecular targets in lung cancer
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Simon Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University in the City of New York
Will Blocking Bmi1 Protein Improve Lung Cancer Immunotherapy?
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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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Soo Jung Cho, M.D.
Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Why Are Older People More Susceptible to Fibrotic Lung Disease?
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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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Chen-Hua Chuang, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Molecular Biography of Lung Cancer Metastasis
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Sangwoon Chung, PhD
The Ohio State University
Preventing neutrophilic inflammation in severe asthma by targeting ETosis
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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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Sarah Clark, PhD
University of Colorado
Using Probiotics to Improve Pneumonia Treatment
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Suzanne Cloonan, Ph.D.
Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
How Genes Influence Development of Cigarette Smoke-Induced COPD
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Bria Coates, MD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Why Does SARS-CoV-2 Rarely Cause Severe Disease in Children?
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J. Robert Coleman, Ph.D.
State University of New York
New Streptococcus Pneumonia Vaccine Would Protect Against All Strains
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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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Maria Cortez, Ph.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Overcoming Lung Cancer Immunotherapy Resistance
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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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Catherine Crosby, Ph.D.
La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology
How Immune Cell Helps Protect Body from Bacteria that Infects the Lung
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Kristina Crothers, M.D.
University of Washington, Seattle
Communicating Results of Lung Cancer Screening to Patients
 
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                