Previously Funded Researchers

Nancy McNamara, O.D., Ph.D.

University of California, San Francisco

Inhibiting a Protein Might Help Prevent or Treat Lung Cancer

Andrew Mehle, Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

How Influenza Virus and Immune System Response Damage Lungs

Michelle Mendoza, Ph.D.

University of Utah/Huntsman Cancer Institute

Stopping Lung Cancer Cell Invasion

Qingyu Meng, Ph.D.

Rutgers University

What Happens to the Lungs When Ozone Mixes With Other Pollutants?

Terumi Midoro-Horiuti, M.D., Ph.D.

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Can Prenatal Exposure to BPA Increase Asthma Risk?

Sweta Mishra, Ph.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Discovering Protein's Role in Resistance to Lung Cancer Chemotherapy

Seyed Javad Moghaddam, M.D.

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Focusing on Gender Specific Cell-Signaling Pathways Involved in Lung Cancer Growth

Hyung-Geun Moon, PhD

University of Illinois at Chicago

CSF1-CSF1R pathway for allergen sensitization

Yasu Morita, Ph.D.

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Investigating Glycolipids in Developing New Treatments for Tuberculosis

Sharon Morley, MD, PhD

Washington University in St. Louis

COVID-19 infection, NLRP3 inflammasome activation and therapeutic trials to treat ARDS in a mouse model

Somashekarappa Gowda Nanjappa, Ph.D., D.V.M.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Immunity against pulmonary fungal infections

Jac Alexander Nickoloff, PhD

Colorado State University

Targeting Lethal DNA Damage to Lung Cancer Genome Alterations

Toru Nyunoya, M.D.

Biomedical Research Institute of New Mexico

Cigarette Smoke Affects Lungs' "Biological Clock"

Jessica Oakes, Ph.D.

The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley

Determining Electronic Cigarettes' Effect on Health

Rebecca C. Obeng, MD, PhD, MPH

Northwestern University

Helping Immune Cells Infiltrate Lung Tumors

Justin Oldham, M.D.

University of California, Davis

Probing the Genetic Underpinnings of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

William Oldham, M.D., Ph.D.

Brigham and Women's Hospital

"Metabolic Map" May Identify Pathways to Target in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Trudy Oliver, Ph.D.

University of Utah

Treating Genetic Differences in Small Cell Lung Cancer

Eyal Oren, Ph.D.

Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona

Using Texting to Encourage People to Take Their TB Medicine

Edwin Ostrin, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Enzyme May Play Role in Worsening Immune Function in Lung Cancer

Dane Parker, PhD..

Columbia University Medical Center

Preventing Immune Cell From Helping Bacteria Cause Lung Infection

Griffith Parks, Ph.D.

University of Central Florida

Using a Virus to Treat Lung Cancer

Amit Parulekar, M.D.

Baylor College of Medicine

Effect of Mold in the Lungs on Severe Asthma

Margherita Paschini, Ph.D.

Children's Hospital Boston

Lung Stem Cells that Repair Air Sacs Could Lead to New Emphysema Treatment

Irina Petrache, MD

National Jewish Health

Novel risk factors for severe COVID-19 lung disease

Laura Petrillo, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Helping Patients with Lung Cancer Mutations Understand Treatment

Dmitri Petrov, Ph.D.

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford)

Barcoding Genetic Changes May Give Insight Into Lung Cancer

Wanda Phipatanakul, M.D.

Children's Hospital Boston

Environmental Intervention in Urban Schools and Childhood Asthma

Sharon Pine, Ph.D.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-RBHS-CINJ

Treating PI3 kinase-mutant NSCLC by inhibiting DNA-dependent protein kinase

Anna Podolanczuk, M.D.

Columbia University Medical Center

Investigating Home Fungal and Bacterial Exposures as IPF Risk Factors