Trainees triumph with NIH support!
It has been an extraordinary summer of success for Pulmonary Center trainees, including many who have been awarded prestigious individual F training grants from the NIH. Congratulations to all for this research career springboard!
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Kevin Chen
MD/PhD Student, mentored by Darrell Kotton F30, “Functional reconstitution of airway stem cells with engrafted basal cells.” |
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Isabella Garza
PhD Student, mentored by Matt Jones and Erin Crossey NIH F31, “Spatial Identity of Lung Lymphatics and the Role of PKHD1L1 in Development and Pneumonia Remodeling.” |
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Mylène Gorzynski
MD/PhD Student, mentored by Finn Hawkins NIH F30, “EGFR Pathway Modulation to Attenuate Basal Cell Repair and Enable Targeted Preconditioning for Airway Cell Therapy.” |
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Viviana Reyes Pinzon, MD
Fellow, mentored by Nick Bosch and Liz Klings NIH F32, “Right Heart Catheterization in Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension and Acute Congestive Heart Failure: Outcomes and Subgroup Specific Treatment Effects.” |
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Andrew Tsao
MD/PhD Student, mentored by Hadi Nia NIH F30, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, “Immuno-mechanical effects of aging on pulmonary versus systemic factors in pneumonia progression.” |
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Mike Vannini
MD/PhD Student, mentored by Jay Mizgerd NIH F30, “CD40 roles in driving lung resident memory B cell development after pneumonia.” |
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Crystal Zhu
MD/PhD Student, mentored by Bob Varelas NIH F30, “Basal airway epithelial cell dysfunction in lung cancer development.” |