These Abstract Scholarship Awards have been funded by the American Thoracic Society
Rachel S. Kelly, MPH, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School
Abstract Title: Metabolomics as a Novel Method to Explore the Relationship Between Asthma and Vitamin D
James Allinson, MRCP(UK), BM BCH, BA(Hons)
Imperial College London
Abstract Title: Combined Impact of Early Life Factors and Smoking on Adult FEV1 Trajectory - a Prospective 64 Year National Birth Cohort Study
Daniel Croft, MD, MPH
University of Rochester Medical Center
Abstract Title: Effect Modification by Differing Omega-6(n-6) to Omega-3 (n-3) Ratios on the Adverse Changes in Fibrinogen Associated with Ambient Particulate Air Pollution
Claire E. McCarthy, PhD Student
University of Rochester
Abstract Title: In Vivo Effects of Dung Biomass Smoke Inhalation
Chris C. Lim, MS
NYU School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Effect Modification of Long-Term PM2.5-Mortality Relationship by Temperature in the US
Stephanie M. Holm, MD
UCSF
Abstract Title: Cooking Behaviors Contribute to Particulate Matter Levels in the Homes of Urban Asthmatic Children in California
Lauren Kepple, MPH
ASPPH/CDC, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Abstract Title: Use of Diagnostic and Procedure Codes for Detecting Silicosis Among Commercial Health Insurance Beneficiaries
George Crowley,
New York University Medical Center
Abstract Title: Metabolomics of World Trade Center Lung Injury: A Pilot Study
Geneviève Racine, Bmed
Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal
Abstract Title: Diagnosing Occupational Asthma: Diagnostic Accuracies of Airway Responsiveness and Airway Inflammation
Tara M. Nordgren, PhD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Abstract Title: Agricultural Organic Dusts Promote Human Lung-Resident Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell Activation
Sithembile L. Mabila, MSci
University of Illinois at Chicago
Abstract Title: Emphysema in South African Miners at Autopsy, 1975-2014
Min Hyung Ryu, MSc
University of British Columbia
Abstract Title: Oxidized Phosphatidylcholine in Human Airways Upon Exposure to Allergen and/or Diesel Exhaust
Sophia Kwon, DO, MPH
Hackensack University Medical Center
Abstract Title: Weight Loss as a Modifiable Risk: Body Mass Index and Loss of Lung Function in World Trade Center Particulate Exposure
Matthew Grigsby, MSPH
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Abstract Title: COPD and BMI Among Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Graham S. Flitz, MS, BS
University of California, Berkeley
Abstract Title: The Burden of Non-Communicable Lung Disease in Malawian Adults in the Context of Widespread Exposure to Household Air Pollution (HAP)
Christopher F. Rider, BSc(Hons), PhD
University of British Columbia
Abstract Title: Diesel Exhaust Exposure Decreases Glucocorticoid Responsiveness in Human Airway Epithelial Cells: Functional Reversal by a Long Acting beta2-Adrenoceptor Agonist
Andrew Freeman, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Diesel Exhaust Particles Accelerate Pulmonary Thromboembolic Mortality in Mice
Nuria Camiña, MSc
MRC?PHE Centre for Environment and Health
Abstract Title: Quantifying the Impact of Ambient Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide on the Oxidative Potential of Urban PM2.5
Saul Soberanes, PhD
Northwestern University
Abstract Title: Metformin Inhibits Mitochondrial ROS Upstream of CRAC Channels in Alveolar Macrophages and Prevents Particulate Matter Air Pollution Induced Thrombosis
