These Abstract Scholarship Awards have been funded by the American Thoracic Society
Maen Obeidat, BSPharm, PhD
University of British Columbia James Hogg Research Centre
Abstract Title: Systems Genetics Approach Identifies Nicotine Receptor Antagonist as a Potential Therapeutic Target in COPD
Maor Sauler, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Innate Immune Ligands MIF and D-DT Cooperate to Regulate DNA Repair and Cellular Senescence in the Lung and Are Decreased in COPD
Ting Xie, MD, PhD
Medicine-Lung institute
Abstract Title: Mesenchymal Transcription Factor Tbx4 Regulates Pulmonary Fibrosis
Mohammad N. Islam, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
Abstract Title: The Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter is a Therapeutic Target for Acute Lung Injury
Jonathan Kropski, MD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Rare Variants in RTEL1 Are Associated with Familial Interstitial Pneumonia
Kai-Hui Sun, PhD
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Abstract Title: Myofibroblasts Are Not the Major Fibroblasts Responsible for Integrin-Dependent TGFβ Activation During Lung Fibrogenesis In Vivo
Alison E. John, PhD
University of Nottingham
Abstract Title: Loss of Epithelial Gq/11 Signaling in the Lung Leads to IL-33 Mediated M2 Macrophage Polarization and Loss of TGFβ-Mediated Suppression of Macrophage MMP12
David Lagares, PhD
Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Abstract Title: Feedback Amplification of Lung Fibrosis Through Matrix Stiffness Gradient-Induced Fibroblast Durotaxis via αTAT1-Mediated Microtubule Acetylation
Dru Claar, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Abstract Title: A Phenome-Wide-Association Study (PheWAS) Identifies Common Genetic Risk Among Clinical Risk Factors for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Avery DeVries, BSc
University of Arizona
Abstract Title: Neonatal Epigenetic Predictors of Childhood Asthma Map to Immunoregulatory and Pro-Inflammatory Pathways
Atsushi Saito, MD, PhD
University of Cincinnati
Abstract Title: Development of Biomarkers and Treatment Strategies in the Npt2b-/- Preclinical Mouse Model of Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis
Renea P. Jablonski, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Abstract Title: SIRT3 Attenuates Asbestos-Induced Alveolar Epithelial Cell Mitochondrial DNA Damage, Apoptosis and Pulmonary Fibrosis
Saleela Ruwanpura, PhD
The MIMR-PHI Institute
Abstract Title: Novel Role for Interleukin-6 Trans-Signaling in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Inflammation and Emphysema
Jing Yang, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Abstract Title: Distal-to-Proximal Remodeling of Small Airway Epithelium in Smokers Mediated by EGF Signaling in Small Airway Basal Progenitor Cells
Yi Zhang, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
Abstract Title: A Novel Hsp70-TLR4-Nox3 Axis in Emphysema
Vishwaraj Sontake, MSc
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Abstract Title: Fibrocyte-Driven Accumulation of Wilms Tumor 1-Positive Lung-Resident Stromal Cells in Severe Fibrotic Lung Disease
Laura Warg, BSc
University of Colorado, Denver
Abstract Title: Use of Transgenic Mouse Models to Investigate Influence of Muc5b Expression on Development of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Jeremy A. Herrera, BSc
University of Minnesota
Abstract Title: Hippo Signaling Pathway Deregulation in IPF Controls microRNA-29 Expression
Suman Karki, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Abstract Title: TGF-β1 Upregulates Stem Cell Markers and Promigratory Phenotype in Pleural Mesothelial Cells
Yale University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: MicroRNA Expression Profiles in Plasma of Patients are Informative of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Presence and Outcome
This Abstract Scholarship Award has been funded by a generous donation from ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome Network
Chelsi Short, MSc
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: TGFβ Production by Macrophages Contributes to Fibrotic Susceptibility in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Mice
This Abstract Scholarship Awards has been funded by a generous donation from the National Emphysema Foundation, in Memory of Sreedhar Nair, MD, FACP, FCCP
Ranu Surolia, PhD
University of Alabama
Abstract Title: Protection from Cadmium Induced Endothelial Cell Autophagy and Subsequent Emphysema iIn HO-1 Overexpressing Mice