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