{"id":5717,"date":"2026-09-03T13:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/?p=5717"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:17:08","slug":"trainees-triumph-with-nih-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/2026\/09\/03\/trainees-triumph-with-nih-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Trainees triumph with NIH support!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Headshot<\/td>\nKevin Chen<\/strong><\/p>\n

MD\/PhD Student, mentored by Darrell Kotton<\/p>\n

F30, \u201cFunctional reconstitution of airway stem cells with engrafted basal cells.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nIsabella Garza<\/strong><\/p>\n

PhD Student, mentored by Matt Jones and Erin Crossey<\/p>\n

NIH F31, \u201cSpatial Identity of Lung Lymphatics and the Role of PKHD1L1 in Development and Pneumonia Remodeling.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nMyl\u00e8ne Gorzynski<\/strong><\/p>\n

MD\/PhD Student, mentored by Finn Hawkins<\/p>\n

NIH F30, \u201cEGFR Pathway Modulation to Attenuate Basal Cell Repair and Enable Targeted Preconditioning for Airway Cell Therapy.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Headshot<\/td>\nViviana Reyes Pinzon, MD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fellow, mentored by Nick Bosch and Liz Klings<\/p>\n

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

\"Headshot<\/td>\nAndrew Tsao<\/strong><\/p>\n

MD\/PhD Student, mentored by Hadi Nia<\/p>\n

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

\"Headshot<\/td>\nMike Vannini<\/strong><\/p>\n

MD\/PhD Student, mentored by Jay Mizgerd<\/p>\n

NIH F30, \u201cCD40 roles in driving lung resident memory B cell development after pneumonia.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nCrystal Zhu<\/strong><\/p>\n

MD\/PhD Student, mentored by Bob Varelas<\/p>\n

NIH F30, \u201cBasal airway epithelial cell dysfunction in lung cancer development.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22552,"featured_media":5729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4141,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5717"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5735,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5717\/revisions\/5735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}