Previously Funded Researchers

Jaymin Kathiriya, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Altering Gene May Promote Normal Lung Regeneration in Chronic Lung Disease

Hasmeena Kathuria, M.D.

Boston University, Medical Campus

Shared Decision-Making in Lung Cancer Screening

Rohit Katial, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Associate Vice President of Clinical Research & Industry Relationships Co-Director of the Asthma Institute at National Jewish Health, Helen Wohlberg & Herman Lambert Chair

National Jewish Health Mount Sinai Respiratory Institute

Takafumi Kato, Ph.D.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Investigation of Biophysical Properties of Airway Submucosal Gland Mucus in Cystic Fibrosis

Matthew Kelly, MD

Duke University

Host-microbe Interactions in a Novel SARS-CoV-2 Human Challenge Model

Denise A. Kent, PhD, APRN

University of Illinois Chicago

REturning Computed tomography rEsults to actIVE Lung Health Cohort participants (RECEIVE)

Venkateshwar Keshamouni, Ph.D.

University of Michigan

NK Cell-mediated Immunotherapy against Lung Cancer

Carla Kim, Ph.D.

Children's Hospital Boston

Using “Organoid” Model of Lung Cancer to Test Treatment

Jung-whan Kim, Ph.D.

The University of Texas at Dallas

Protein May Hold Key to New Treatments for Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

Edy Kim, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Seeking Targeted Treatments for Unclassifiable Lung Fibrosis

Isaac Kirubakaran Sundar, Ph.D.

University of Rochester

Identifying How Cigarette Smoke Causes Lung Cells to Age Prematurely

Georgios Kitsios, MD, PhD

University of Pittsburgh

Lung COVID-19 Interactions with Microbiota and Host (LUCID-IMHO)

Koichi Kobayashi, M.D., Ph.D.

Texas A&M Health Science Center

Targeting Two Mutations to Develop New Lung Cancer Therapies

Jeffrey Koenitzer, MD, PhD

Washington University in St. Louis

Lung Protein May be Treatment Target for Pulmonary Fibrosis

Kengo Koike, M.D., Ph.D.

National Jewish Health

Understanding Enzyme Involved in Development of COPD

John Koomen, Ph.D.

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

Targeting Kinases in Lung Cancer Treatment

Darrell Kotton, MD

Boston University

Developing Model of Human Alveolar Type 1 Cells For Understanding Viral Infections

James Krings, MD

Washington University in St. Louis

Cost Analysis of SMART Therapy to Improve Asthma Outcomes

James Krings, MD, MSCI

Washington University in St. Louis

Cost Analysis of SMART Therapy to Improve Asthma Outcomes

Jamuna Krishnan, MD

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Living Healthy with COPD: An Intervention to Reduce Chronic Pain Integrated Into COPD-Self Management

Hrishikesh Kulkarni, M.D.

Washington University in St. Louis

Maintaining Airway Epithelial Cell Survival and Host Defense in Severe Pneumonia

Chitaru Kurihara, MD

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Mechanisms of Chronic Allograft Dysfunction After Lung Transplant

Stephanie LaBedz, MD

University of Illinois

Determinants of Medication Non-Adherence Among Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Sarah Lacher, PhD

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

Understanding the Molecular Drivers of Wildfire Smoke-Induced Lung Disease

Peggy Lai, MD, MPH

Massachusetts General Hospital

HEPA Cleaner Intervention to Reduce Respiratory Virus Exposure in Schools

Peggy Lai, M.D., MPH

Massachusetts General Hospital

How Indoor Air Pollution from Chickens Can Affect Lung Health in Rural Africa

Seema Lakdawala, Ph.D.

University of Pittsburgh

Reducing the Spread of Influenza Virus Through the Air

Dan Landau, M.D., Ph.D.

New York Genome Center

Using Fragments of DNA in the Blood to Detect Lung Cancer

Jason Lang, MD

Duke University School of Medicine

Pulmonary Rehab May Help Children with Obesity and Asthma

Monica Lawrence, M.D.

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Targeting Neutrophils in Severe Childhood Asthma