These Abstract Scholarship Awards have been funded by the American Thoracic Society
Charifa Awada
Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec
Abstract Title: Implication of the Histone Methyltransferase "G9a" in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Alessandra Castaldi, BSc, MSc, PhD
University of Southern California
Abstract Title: Claudin-18 Regulates Alveolar Epithelial Regeneration Following Injury
George Crowley, BA
NYU School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Metabolomics of WTC-Associated Aerodigestive Disease Includes Metabolites of Heme Oxygenase-1:a Pilot Study
Prathibha Gajjala, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Abstract Title: SOX9 Is a Positive Regulator of Fibroblast Activation in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Michael Herriges, PhD
Boston University
Abstract Title: Transplantation of Mouse Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Distal Tip-Like Cells into Immunocompetent Mice
Michael Kammer, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Abstract Title: The Immune Microenvironment Predicts Recurrence in Early Stage Lung Adenocarcinoma
Shreya Kanth, MD
National Institutes of Health
Abstract Title: Increases in Semaphorin 5A Levels in the Lung Might Regulate Local Immune and Non-Immune Cell Responses
Iain Konigsberg, BS
University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus
Abstract Title: A Multi-Omic Approach to Understanding the Molecular Landscape of IPF
Peter Moore, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Abstract Title: Monocyte-Derived Interstitial Macrophages Are Preferentially Recruited to Inflamed Regions on Micro-CT Scan After Intratracheal Lipopolysaccharide
Luisa Morales-Nebreda, MD
Northwestern University
Abstract Title: Aging Imparts Cell-Autonomous Regulatory T Cell Dysfunction During Recovery from Viral Pneumonia
Thivanka Muthumalage, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Abstract Title: Selective Ablation of Telomere Protection Protein 1 (TPP1) in Lung Epithelium Induce an Age-Dependent Augmentation of the Inflammatory Response by Tobacco Smoke Exposure
Alexis Perreault, BHS
Université de Sherbrooke
Abstract Title: Development of an In Vivo Model of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Using Human Lung Xenografts Implanted on the Chorioallantoic Membrane of Chick Embryos
Tho Pham, PhD
Boston University
Abstract Title: Targeting Aging-Induced PIM1 Kinase in Lung Fibroblasts to Promote Fibrosis Resolution
Jonas Schupp, MD
Yale University, School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Single Cell RNA Velocity Analysis of Aberrant Basaloid Cells in Pulmonary Fibrosis Reveals Trajectory Towards an Alveolar Type I Like Cell State
Ian Stancil, BS
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Abstract Title: MUC5B Promoter Variant Potentiates the Unjammed State in Airway Epithelia
Jung-Ki Yoon, MD
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Abstract Title: Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Airway Organoids Treated with Antifibrotic Agents
Jin Yuan, MD, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Airway Multiciliated Cell MIWI2 and Influenza Pathogenesis
This Abstract Scholarship has been funded by a generous donation from ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome Network
Willy Roque, MD
Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School
Abstract Title: TP53 Expression Is Altered in the Alveolar Epithelium in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome
Theses Abstract Scholarship has been funded by a generous donation from ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
Nichelle I. Winters, MD, PhD
VUMC
Abstract Title: Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Interstitial Lung Disease
Sergio Poli De Frias, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Abstract Title: 'Targeting the IPF-Expanded Macrophages: Identification and Drug Discovery via scRNAseq and CyTOF