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Air Pollution & Lung Health (AP)

The AP thematic area elucidates the link between environmental exposures and lung disease to improve lung health. The Thematic Area is led by Sharon McGrath-Morrow, MBA, MD (Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia). The AP team leverages nationally recognized faculty in exposure assessment, lung biology and pathophysiology, patient-oriented research and community engagement to reduce the burden of lung disease in our area and draws on the expertise in the Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology (PCPB) and The Harron Lung Center for advanced outpatient clinical care. The initial focus is on exposure to priority air pollutants, interstitial lung disease and asthma but can be expanded to other areas. The AP team works with the Community Engagement Core to decrease exposure to air pollution by outreach to day-care facilities in Philadelphia and by working with Air Management services to map releases of VOC’s and particulates.

Air Pollution & Lung Health

Julian Allen, MD

Research Interest: Lung Mechanics and the Development and use of Novel Tests of Respiratory System Function

Andrea Apter, MD

Research Interest: Health Disparities and Asthma Medication

Michael Beers, MD

Research Interest: Role of Surfactants in Health and Disease

Jason Christie, MD, MSCE

Research Interest: Acute Lung Injury and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Reto Giere, PhD

Research Interest: Health Effects of Atmospheric Particles

Patrick Gleeson, MD, MSCE

Research Interest: Environmental Allergens and Asthma

Sarah Henrickson, MD, PhD

Research Interest: Chronic Inflammation and Primary Immune Deficiency

David A. Hill, MD, PhD

Research Interest: Genetic, Molecular, and Immunologic Origins of Allergy and Obesity

Blanca Himes, PhD

Research Interest:  Gene-environment Interactions in Asthma

Marilyn Howarth, MD

Research Interest: Community Engagement

Dongeun (Dan) Huh. PhD

Research Interest: Lung-on-a-Chip Models for Human Disease

Wei-Ting Hwang, PhD

Research Interest: Cluster Analysis of Mesothelioma Incidence

Jelte Kelchtermans, MD

Research Interest: Gene-environment Interactions in Pediatric Asthma

Despina Kontos, PhD

Research Interest: Environmental Exposures of COPD and Lung Cancer

Charles Leonard, PharmD, MSCE, FISPE

Research Interest: Air Pollution and Pharmacoepidemiology

Krithika Lingappan, MD, PhD, MS

Research Interest: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Effect of Environmental Exposures and Outcomes

Ming-Lin Liu, MD, PhD

Research Interest: Extracellular Biology (extracellular vesicles, extracellular traps), Inflammation, and Autoimmune Diseases

Tara McAlexander, PhD, MPH

Research Interest: Air Pollution Exposure in the Development of Cardiometabolic and Chronic Disease

Sharon McGrath-Morrow, MBA, MD (Leader)

Research Interest: The effects of acute lung injury in the neonate caused by LPS and E. coli bacteria

Clementina Mesaros, PhD

Research Interest: Assays for Metabolites Involved in Cellular Oxidative Stress

Edward Morrisey, PhD

Research Interest: Lung Injury and Repair

Timothy Nelin, MD


Research Interest: Air Pollution Exposure and Maternal Health, Preterm Birth, and Long-Term Outcomes in Premature Infants

Trevor Penning, PhD

Research Interest: Role of Human Aldo-Keto Reductase (AKR) Genes in Hormonal and Chemical Carcinogens

Mary Porteous, MD, MSCE

Research Interest: Interstitial Lung Disease

John Reilly, MD, MSCE

Research Interest: Acute Respiratory Distress

Jessica Rice, DO, MHS

Research Interest: Effect of Indoor Fine Particulate Matter Exposure on Respiratory Health Outcomes in Premature Infants

Carsten Skarke, MD

Research Interest: Spatial-temporal Relationship on Asthma Risk using Wearables



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