Current Pulmonary Fellow Research Projects

DJ Wallman: Developing a human in vitro airway model to study epithelial-mesenchymal interactions in homeostasis and disease

Anat Kohn:  Developing a murine targeted airway injury model followed by salvage therapy with autologous iPSC-derived airway cells

Divya Shankar:  Practice pattern variation in the care of patients with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis admitted to the ICU

Ruchika Sangani:  Genetic epidemiology studies examining the causal effects of specific SNPs and biomarkers in patients with evidence of interstitial lung abnormalities

Jingzhou Zhang: Polygenic risk for lung function and finding of under- and mis-diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Aaron Dobie:  Lung regeneration biology using the Axolotl salamander, Ambystoma mexicanum, as a model of regenerative species

Jennifer Maccarone: Assessment of the association between fine particulate matter exposure and disease in deployed veterans

Jeff Sellman: Determination of lung pathology sub-phenotypes in fatal pneumonia

Brandon Pang: Practice patterns and outcomes regarding early testing for sepsis-associated DIC between hospitals

Lauren Kearney: Evaluating how barriers to understanding of lung cancer screening affect provider-patient communication and shared decision making

Jason Wong: Analysis of radiographic and RNA signatures that can predict the histology and aggressiveness of early stage lung cancer

Collin Homer-Bouthiette: Acute asthma exacerbation management in the ICU pre-ECMO and ECMO eras

Burton Shen: Assessment of risks and benefits of higher risk pulmonary embolism therapies.

Jonathan Chang: Modeling pulmonary fibrosis using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells with a telomerase mutation

Julia Newman: Examination of the National VA database regarding goals of care conversation before and after COVID-19 and how hospitals innovated to increase the number of conversations

Sara Shusterman: Shared decision making approaches in lung cancer screening in veterans