Previously Funded Researchers

Jaime Hook, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Alveolar Mechanisms of Influenza-Induced Acute Lung Injury

Yashoda Madaiah Hosakote, PhD

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Revealing HMGB1 Protein’s Role in COVID-19 Disease

Terri Hough, MD, MS

Oregon Health & Science University

Recovery after COVID-19 Hospitalization

Lu Huang, PhD

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Targeting Trained Immunity to Develop Novel TB Vaccine 

Shouxiong Huang, Ph.D.

University of Cincinnati

Finding a New TB Vaccine

Yuefeng Huang, PhD

Columbia University

Regulating Exaggerated Immune Cell Response Could Lead to Better Asthma Treatment

Sophie Huddart, PhD

University of California, San Francisco

How Data From Wearable Monitors Predicts Outcomes in TB Patients

William Hudson, PhD

Baylor College of Medicine

Mapping T cell Exhaustion in Lung Tumors

Shah Saddad Hussain, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Determining the Mechanisms Underlying Airway Loss in COPD

Landon Inge, Ph.D.

St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center

Compound Could Help Some Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Jennifer Ingram, Ph.D.

Duke University Medical Center

Exploring the Link Between Asthma and Obesity

Elizabeth A. Jacobsen, PhD

Mayo Clinic Arizona

Why are Eosinophils Resistant to Steroid Treatment for Severe Asthma?

Alex M. Jaeger, PhD

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.

Combating Resistance to KRAS Inhibitors in Lung Cancer Treatment

Dan Jane-wit, MD, PhD

Yale University

The Role of ZFYVE21 in COVID-19 Respiratory Complications

Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, PhD

The University of Vermont

Preventing Increase in Antioxidant to Boost Effectiveness of Lung Cancer Treatment

Sunit Jariwala, M.D.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Developing and Testing Software Tool to Help Manage Children's Asthma

Erik Jensen, M.D.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Does Bacteria Imbalance Play Role in Premature Infant Lung Disease?

Hong Ji, PhD

University of California Davis

Reducing Lung Inflammation Caused by Particulate Matter by Boosting Tet1 Protein Activity

Hong Ji, Ph.D.

University of California, Davis

Seeking Personalized Treatment for Severe Asthma in Children

Lingtao Jin, PhD

University of Florida

Targeting Protein to Overcome Immunotherapy Resistance in Small Cell Lung Cancer

Nikhil Joshi, PhD

Yale University School of Medicine

Investigating the function of tumor-specific T cells in non-small cell lung

Humam Kadara, PhD

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Inhibiting CD24 May Improve Immune-Based Treatment for Lung Adenocarcinoma

Humam Kadara, Ph.D.

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Changes in Airway Could Signal Early Lung Cancer Development

Peter Kaiser, Ph.D.

University of California, Irvine

Drugs to Reactivate Tumor-Killing Ability of p53

Sunitha Kaiser, M.D., Ph.D.

University of California, San Francisco

The SHAKE Study: Sustaining High-quality Asthma care for Kids Everywhere

Nada Y. Kalaany, PhD

Boston Children’s Hospital

Identifying metabolic alterations in lung cancer-associated cachexia

Martin Kang, PhD

Medical University of South Carolina

Redosing AAV Gene Therapy in the Lungs of a Pediatric Mouse Model of Surfactant Protein-B Deficiency

Elham Karamooz, M.D.

Oregon Health & Science University

Learning How Immune System Recognizes TB Bacteria Could Lead to New Vaccine

Harry Karmouty-Quintana, Ph.D.

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Investigating Role of Excessively Multiplying Cells in Pulmonary Hypertension

Andrea Kasinski, PhD

Purdue University

Active Loading of Extracellular Vesicles Depletes Tumors of mRNAs