Grant Awards & Prizes
Congratulations to this Years’ Lung Biology Pilot Project Awardees!
Chen Yan and Alison Elder
Project title: Phosphodiesterase 4 and Phosphodiesterase 10A synergistically regulate ozone-induced lung inflammation and resolution.
Craig Morrell, Steve Georas, James Palis, and Felix Yarovinsky
Project title: The Role of Lung Megakaryocytes in the Regulation of Pulmonary Immune Responses
Gloria Pryhuber and Gautam Bandyopadhyay
Project Title: Characterization of antigen presenting cell subset diversity and function in pediatric lungs from children suffering from bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Richard Phipps and Eric Small
Multiple Principal Investigators
Sponsor: NIH/NHLBI
Title: DYSREGULATION OF COMMON METABOLIC AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL PATHWAYS IN HEART AND LUNG FIBROSIS
R01 HL133761
9/1/2016 – 6/30/2020
Patricia Sime and Richard Phipps
Multiple Principal Investigators
Sponsor: NIH/NHLBI
Title: NOVEL THERAPIES FOR CIGARETTE SMOKE INDUCED LUNG INJURY
R01 HL120908
8/15/2014 – 5/31/2018
Patricia Sime and Richard Phipps
Multiple Principal Investigators
Sponsor: NIH/NHLBI
Title: MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING IN PULMONARY RESEARCH
T32 HL066988
9/1/2001 – 6/30/2022
Jacob Finkelstein
Principal Investigator
Title: Fibroblast apoptosis resistance in lung fibrosis may originate from Toll-like receptor 4 interference during normal wound healing
2017-2018
Deborah Fowell
Principal Investigator
Title: GPCR requirements for Th2 cell migration in allergic inflammation
2017-2018
Charles Lowenstein, Neil Blumberg, and Arshad Rahman
Multiple Principal Investigators
Title: The role of SLC44A2 in Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury
2017-2018
Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Steven Gill, and Sally Quataert
Multiple Principal Investigators
Title: Interplay between viral and bacterial co-infection and super-infection in the lungs
2017-2018
These recipients were chosen out of a group of very competitive applicants because their projects are high-risk, high-reward with the potential to lead to innovative and transformative breakthroughs.
Congratulations and continued success to:
Mark J. Utell and Richard P. Phipps
Multiple Principal Investigators
Sponsor: Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Title: Exploratory Analysis of Serum Indicators of Occupational and Environmental PAH Exposures in Burn Pit Workers
2013-2018
Arshad Rahman and Fabeha Fazal
Multiple Principal Investigators
Sponsor: NIH/NHLBI
Title: ER-Mitochondrial Control of Acute Lung Injury
R01 HL130870
8/15/2016-6/30/2020
David Topham
Principal Investigator
Sponsor: NIAID
Title: Respiratory Pathogens Research Center
HHSN272201200005C
12/13/2011 – 12/12/2018
Jackie Williams and Patricia J. Sime
Multiple Principal Investigators
Sponsor: NIH
Title: Lactate promotes scarring after irradiation
R01 HL127001
01/01/2016 – 12/31/2019