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HomeMembersAssemblies and SectionsAssembliesRespiratory Cell and Molecular BiologyAwards ▶ 2016 ATS Abstract Scholarship Award Recipients
2016 ATS Abstract Scholarship Award Recipients

These Abstract Scholarship Awards have been funded by the American Thoracic Society

Jaime L. Hook, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Abstract Title: Staphylococcus Aureus Causes Mitochondrial Injury in Lung Alveoli

Judith Brands, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Abstract Title: XBP1 Deficiency in Type II Alveolar Epithelial Cells Protects Against Lung Fibrosis

Suharsh Shah, BPharm, MSc
University of Calgary
Abstract Title: Maintenance of IRF1 by IL1B and Dexamethasone in Human Pulmonary Epithelial Cells: Role of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Phosphatase, DUSP1

Richa Gupta, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Abstract Title: Airway Epithelial Exosomes Play a Major Role in Intercellular Communication and Pathophysiology of Asthma

Susan K. Mathai, MD
University of Colorado, Denver
Abstract Title: MUC5B Promoter Polymorphism rs35705950 Enhances the Risk of Asymptomatic Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease

Asawari Korde, PhD
Yale school of Medicine
Abstract Title: VEGF Induces Lung Angiogenesis Through "Tailing and Trimming" of MicroRNAs and Production of 3'-Modified IsomiRs

Kate C. Tatham, BSc(Hons), MBBS, MRCP(UK), FRCA
Imperial College, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
Abstract Title: Retention and Activation of Donor Vascular Monocytes in Transplanted Lungs Suggests a Central Role in Primary Graft Dysfunction

Preston J. Anderson, BSc
University of Iowa
Abstract Title: Lef1 Transcription Factor Controls Submucosal Gland Hypertrophy

Adelina Gavrila, PhD
University of Leicester
Abstract Title: Role of Interferon Regulatory Factor-1 (IRF-1) in Modulating Steroid Insensitive Pathways in Severe Asthma

David Wu, MD, PhD
University of Chicago
Abstract Title: Reactive Oxygen Species Are Required for Metabolic Reprogramming in Endothelial Cells Following Loss of Laminar Shear Stress

Paul A. Reyfman, MD
Northwestern University
Abstract Title: Transcriptional Profiling Reveals an Aging Signature that Persists During Influenza Infection

Alexandra Cristina Mc Quattie-Pimentel, MD
Northwestern University
Abstract Title: Tissue-Resident Alveolar Macrophages Persist Over the Lifespan with Minimal Input from the Bone Marrow but Are Replaced by Monocyte-Derived Cells Upon Depletion

Jeong Hyun Yun, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Abstract Title: Using Lung Gene Expression Profiles of Murine Emphysema Models to Understand Human COPD Susceptibility

Minzhe Guo, MS
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Abstract Title: Automated Cell Type Prediction in Single Cell RNA-Seq Analysis of the Lung

William Zacharias, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Abstract Title: Towards Therapeutic Alveolar Regeneration - Characterization of a Novel Wnt-Responsive Subpopulation of Type II Pneumocyte which Exhibits Increased Progenitor Cell Function in the Adult Mammalian Lung

Avery DeVries, BS
University of Arizona
Abstract Title: Neonatal SMAD3 Promoter Hypermethylation Predicts Asthma in Children of Asthmatic Mothers from Three Birth Cohorts

Renea Jablonski, MD
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Abstract Title: SIRT3, The Anti-Aging Major Mitochondrial Deacetylase, Is Important for Preventing Pulmonary Fibrosis

Killian Hurley, MB BCh, PhD
Boston University
Abstract Title: Generating a Novel Model of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Pathogenesis by Deriving Type II Alveolar Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells

Marc Sala, MD
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Abstract Title: The Regulation of Hypoxia-Inducible Factors by C-Jun N-Terminal Protein Kinases

Wendy A. Neveu, MD, PhD
Emory University
Abstract Title: Alcohol Induces Lung Fibroblast Senescence Via Induction of DNA Methyl Transferase

Yi Zhang, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: HO-1 Mediates the Cytoprotective Effects of NLRP3 Deficiency Via Autophagy

John Sembrat, MSc
Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Mesenchymal Stem Cells Drive Cell Repopulation In an In Vivo Model of Lung Regeneration

This Abstract Scholarship Award has been funded by a generous donation from Dove Medical Press LTD

Andrew M. Mikosz, BA
National Jewish Health
Abstract Title: Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Decreases Pro-Inflammatory Monocyte-Endothelial Cells Interactions Via Fractalkine Axis