{"id":7492,"date":"2026-09-03T13:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/?p=7492"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:59:05","slug":"trainees-triumph-with-nih-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/2026\/09\/03\/trainees-triumph-with-nih-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Trainees triumph with NIH support!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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!<\/p>\n<table width=\"313\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2024\/08\/Kevin-Chen-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Kevin Chen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4969 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"249\"><strong>Kevin Chen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MD\/PhD Student, mentored by Darrell Kotton<\/p>\n<p>F30, \u201cFunctional reconstitution of airway stem cells with engrafted basal cells.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2024\/11\/isabella-garza-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-5216\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"249\"><strong>Isabella Garza<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PhD Student, mentored by Matt Jones and Erin Crossey<\/p>\n<p>NIH F31, \u201cSpatial Identity of Lung Lymphatics and the Role of PKHD1L1 in Development and Pneumonia Remodeling.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2024\/08\/Gozynski-Mylene--150x127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-4963\" \/><\/td>\n<td><strong>Myl\u00e8ne Gorzynski<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MD\/PhD Student, mentored by Finn Hawkins<\/p>\n<p>NIH F30, \u201cEGFR Pathway Modulation to Attenuate Basal Cell Repair and Enable Targeted Preconditioning for Airway Cell Therapy.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2024\/08\/reyes-pinzon-viviana-150x143.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Viviana Reyes-Pinzon\" width=\"150\" height=\"143\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-5011\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"249\"><strong>Viviana Reyes Pinzon, MD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fellow, mentored by Nick Bosch and Liz Klings<\/p>\n<p>NIH F32, \u201cRight Heart Catheterization in Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension and Acute Congestive Heart Failure: Outcomes and Subgroup Specific Treatment Effects.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2026\/08\/andrew-tsao-150x150.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Andrew Tsao\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-5719\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"249\"><strong>Andrew Tsao<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MD\/PhD Student, mentored by Hadi Nia<\/p>\n<p>NIH F30, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, \u201cImmuno-mechanical effects of aging on pulmonary versus systemic factors in pneumonia progression.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2024\/08\/vannini-michael-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Headshot of Michael Vannini\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-4996\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"249\"><strong>Mike Vannini<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MD\/PhD Student, mentored by Jay Mizgerd<\/p>\n<p>NIH F30, \u201cCD40 roles in driving lung resident memory B cell development after pneumonia.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2024\/11\/Zhu_Crystal_Headshot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-5219\" \/><\/td>\n<td><strong>Crystal Zhu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MD\/PhD Student, mentored by Bob Varelas<\/p>\n<p>NIH F30, \u201cBasal airway epithelial cell dysfunction in lung cancer development.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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! Kevin Chen MD\/PhD Student, mentored by Darrell Kotton F30, \u201cFunctional reconstitution of airway stem cells with engrafted basal cells.\u201d Isabella Garza [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22552,"featured_media":7494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6012,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7493,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7492\/revisions\/7493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}