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Lung and Airway Disease Affinity Group (LAD)

* Adjunct Member

Affinity Group I: Lung and Airway Disease Affinity Group (LAD)
Affinity Group Leader: Dr. Michael Beers

Group Description
Aim: To determine the interactions between environmental exposures and the lung within the context of a genetic predisposition for the induction and progression of airway diseases (asthma or COPD) and lung cancer and mesothelioma. A second intent is on how environmental exposures affect the olfactory system.  Four major areas of investigation are:

·        airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) with a focus on ozone-exacerbated asthma and   innate immunity,

·        environmental tobacco smoke and chronic lung disease,

·        tobacco-environmental carcinogenesis (TEC) with a focus on lung cancer and mesothelioma, and

·        environmental responses to olfaction.

Lung and Airway Disease Affinity Group Members

Michael Beers (Group Leader)
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Research Interest: Role of Surfactants in Health and Disease

Steve Albelda
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Research Interest:  Carcinogen Exposure and Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma

Julian Allen 

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

Andrea Apter

Research Interest:
Health Disparities and Asthma Medication

Eric Brown


Research Interest: 
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Jason Christie
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Research Interest: Acute Lung Injury and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou

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Research Interest: Animal Models of Lung Disease and Chemoprevention with Anti-oxidants

* Peter DeCarlo

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Research Interest:
Environmental Air Pollution

David Feldser

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Research Interest
: Physiological Role of p53, Rb, and Kras in Lung Cancer

Blanca Himes

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Research Interest:  Gene-environment Interactions in Asthma

Dongeun (Dan) Huh
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Research Interest: Lung-on-a-Chip Models for Human Disease

Wei-Ting Hwang

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Research Interest
: Cluster Analysis of Mesothelioma Incidence

Marcelo G. Kazanietz

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Research Interest:
Signal Transduction Mechanisms in Cancer

Despina Kontos

Research Interest:
Environmental Exposures of COPD and Lung Cancer

Edward Morrisey


Research Interest: Lung Injury and Repair

Trevor Penning

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

* Joseph Testa

Joseph Testa
Research Interest: Tumor Suppressor Genes and Mesothelioma

Anil Vachani

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Research Interest:
Genetic Susceptibility and Biomarkers of Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma

 


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