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Research strengths

Lung Biology and Disease Program

Faculty Member

Scientific Interests

Richard P. Phipps, Ph.D.

Asthma, lung cancer, lung scarring (fibrosis), COPD

Richard K. Barth, Ph.D.

Lung scarring, genetics of lung disease, bacterial infection of the lung

William S. Beckett, M.D., M.P.H.

Occupational lung disease

Lauren B. Bruckner, M.D., Ph.D.

Lung injury associated with total body irradiation and sub-clinical infection

Patricia Chess, M.D.

Neonatal lung injury and repair

Alison C. P. Elder, Ph.D.

Toxicology of inhaled ultrafine particles

Jacob N. Finkelstein, Ph.D.

Neonatal lung injury;
radiation-induced lung damage

Mark W. Frampton, M.D.

Environmental and occupational lung injury

Francis Gigliotti, M.D.

Imunopathogenesis of P. carinii pneumonia in HIV patients

Denise Hocking, Ph.D.

Basic mechanisms of lung injury; matrix deposition

Damian J. Krysan, M.D., Ph.D.

Yeast Cell Wall Biology

F. Eun-Hyung Lee, M.D.

Viral infection and lung injury

William Maniscalco, M.D.

Neonatal lung injury and inflammation

Robert Notter, M.D., Ph.D.

Surfactant therapy for immature lungs

Günter Oberdörster, Ph.D.

Environmental and occupational lung injury

Michael A. O'Reilly, Ph.D.

Neonatal lung injury

Deborah Ossip-Klein, Ph.D.

Smoking cessation

Gloria Pryhuber, M.D.

Neonatal lung injury, inflammation and repair

Arshad Rahman, Ph.D.

Neutrophil-mediated lung injury

Irfan Rahman, Ph.D.

Oxidant-mediated lung inflammation and COPD

Clement Ren, M.D.

Cystic fibrosis treatment

Patricia J. Sime, M.D.

Asthma; lung scarring (fibrosis); gene therapy for lung disease; chronic obstructive lung disease

David Topham, Ph.D.  

Infection of the lung and lung immunology

Mark J. Utell, M.D.

Environmental and occupational lung injury

James White, M.D., Ph.D.

Pulmonary hypertension

Terry Wright, Ph.D.

P. carinii infection in HIV patients