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

Alessandra Castaldi, BSc, MSc, PhD
University of Southern California
Abstract Title: Deletion of Claudin-18 Accelerates Alveolar Epithelial Cell Repair Following Injury

Joseph Cooley, DO
University of Colorado
Abstract Title: ABT-263 (Navitoclax) Induces Fibroblast Apoptosis and Reduces Fibrosis in Two Mouse Models of Progressive Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease

Ingo Ganzleben, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Abstract Title: Durotaxis in Lung Fibrosis: Transitioning from In Vitro Mechanisms to In Vivo Imaging

Theodore Lemuel Joseph Mathuram, BSc, MSci, PhD
University at Buffalo
Abstract Title: Synthetic Oligos Derived from mtDNA-encoded Non-Coding RNAs as Potential Therapeutic Agents in Restoration of Mitochondrial Bioenergetics.

Raman Kutty, MD, PhD
White River Health System
Abstract Title: Countering Drug Shortages: Is There Life Beyond Expiration?

Jisu Lee, MS
Boston University
Abstract Title: Single-cell transcriptomics reveals reduced number of lung progenitors and aberrant vascular homeostasis as distinctive features associated with lung disrepair and persistent fibrosis with aging

Rachael Lister, BSc
Massachusetts General Hospital
Abstract Title: Ephrin-B2 Neutralizing Antibody Suppresses the SASP in Senescent Fibroblasts and Treats Lung Fibrosis in Aged Mice

Martin Ma, BS
Boston University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Regeneration of mouse tracheal epithelium via syngeneic transplantation of pluripotent stem cell-derived airway basal-like cells

Nilay Mitash, PhD
Div of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Med, Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Abstract Title: Inhibition of YAP/TAZ signaling by the FDA approved drug verteporfin attenuates fibrosis in mouse and human tissue

Nicholas Negretti, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Abstract Title: A Single Cell Atlas of Late Lung Development Identifies Unexpected AT1 Expression Patterns and Similarities to Regeneration After Adult Injury

Ling Sun, PhD
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Abstract Title: STAT3 Mutations Lead to Defective Mucociliary Clearance in the Autosomal Dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome (AD-HIES) Airways

David Ziehr, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Abstract Title: Lactate transport inhibition therapeutically reprograms fibroblast metabolism in experimental pulmonary fibrosis

Tatiana Zyrianova, PhD
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Abstract Title: TREK-1 potassium channel activation protects against Influenza-A induced lung injury 

This Abstract Scholarship has been funded by a generous donation from ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome Network

Rafael Cardenas Castillo, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Abstract Title: Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Type 1 (HPS1) Disrupts Proteostasis and Induces Cellular Senescence in the Alveolar Epithelium

Theses Abstract Scholarship have been funded by a generous donation from ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

Thomas Baernthaler, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Antifibrotic Effects of Sobetirome, a Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta Agonis

Jonas Schupp, MD
Hannover Medical School
Abstract Title: Single Nuclei RNA Sequencing of differentially affected regions in IPF lungs suggests a central role of aberrant basaloid cells in disease progression

These abstract scholarships were supported by Asthma and Lung UK

Jonathan Baker, PhD
Imperial College London
Abstract Title: Inhibition of the IL-36 Receptor Reduces Viral Induced Cross-Talk Between Small Airway Epithelial Cells and Fibroblast in COPD

Carla Gustafsson, MSc Med
King's College London
Abstract Title: Changes to platelet phenotype triggered by elastase-induced lung damage in a murine model of emphysema.

Shyreen Hassibi, BSc, MRes, PhD
Imperial College London
Abstract Title: COPD Macrophages show reduced clearance of senescent airway epithelial cells

Vanessa Ho, BSc (Hons)
Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London
Abstract Title: Novel single cell analysis of microRNA levels in response to oxidative stress and in COPD using microfluidic technology

Lisa Miyashita, PhD
Queen Mary University of London
Abstract Title: London Subway PM10 Increases Pneumococcal Adhesion to Respiratory Cells

Lidia Perea, PhD
Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee
Abstract Title: The Relationship between Airway Interleukin-1 Beta, Microbial Dysbiosis and Mucus Hyperconcentration in Bronchiectasis: The EMBARC-BRIDGE Study

Jennifer Pollock, MSci
University of Dundee
Abstract Title: Proteomic Markers of Eosinophilic Inflammation And Disease Severity in Bronchiectasis

Kaylee Worlock, BSc
UCL Respiratory
Abstract Title: Local and Systemic Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adults