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Member Directory

A directory of Genetics and Genomics Section members follows. Email addresses are available in the ATS member directory.

If you would like to be added to this directory, please take our survey. If you would like to update your entry, please email Brian Cade.

Mohan Alladi Professor, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences
Country of Origin: Tirupati
Primary ATS assembly: Critical Care
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Statistical methods, Personalized Medicine
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Statistical methods
Ganiyu Amusa Fellow, Jos University Teaching Hospital
Country of Origin: Nigeria
Primary ATS assembly: Critical Care
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Statistical methods
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Statistical methods
Wayne Anderson Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics, Epigenetics/Epigenomics
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Genes of interest: ADRB2, ALOX5
Phenotypes of interest: Asthma, ARDS, COPD
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 19450127: Asthma pharmacogenetic study using finite mixture models to handle drug-response heterogeneity.; 17460547: Pharmacogenetics of the 5-lipoxygenase biosynthetic pathway and variable clinical response to montelukast.; 19910613: Beta2-receptor polymorphisms in patients receiving salmeterol with or without fluticasone propionate.
Yixiao Bao Professor, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Country of Origin: China
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Clinical Genetics
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Statistical methods
Genes of interest: Genes associated with childhood asthma
Phenotypes of interest: Childhood asthma
Joann Blessing-Moore Clinical Practice, Stanford University / Lucille Packard Children's Hospital--Adjunct Clinical Faculty
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics, Personalized Medicine
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Rare Variants & Exome Sequencing
Brian Cade Postdoctoral fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Biostatistics/Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, GWAS, Linkage studies
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Gene expression/miRNA microarrays
Genes of interest: DRD2, HK1
Phenotypes of interest: Sleep apnea, Sleep duration, Sleep spectral power
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 23155414: Association of genetic loci with sleep apnea in European Americans and African-Americans: the Candidate Gene Association Resource (CARe).; 22187276: Sleep disorders, health, and safety in police officers.; 25469926: Novel loci associated with usual sleep duration: the CHARGE Consortium Genome-Wide Association Study.
Michael Cho Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Clinical Problems
Experimental systems: Human
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: GWAS, Rare Variants & Exome Sequencing
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Phenotypes of interest: COPD
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 24621683: Risk loci for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a genome-wide association study and meta-analysis.; 24563194: Cluster analysis in the COPDGene study identifies subtypes of smokers with distinct patterns of airway disease and emphysema.
Taylor Cohen Scientist, Medimmune
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Experimental systems: Human and murine in vitro
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Cellular biology, Immunology, Innate immunity
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Microbiome studies
Phenotypes of interest: Infectious disease
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 25378593: Cutting edge: Genetic variation in TLR1 is associated with Pam3CSK4-induced effector T cell resistance to regulatory T cell suppression.; 22295056: Genome wide association identifies PPFIA1 as a candidate gene for acute lung injury risk following major trauma.; 23478521: Toll-like receptor 1 polymorphisms and associated outcomes in sepsis after traumatic injury: a candidate gene association study.
Laura Crotty Alexander Assistant Professor, UCSD and VA San Diego Healthcare System
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Experimental systems: Human in vitro, Murine, Bacterial species in vitro and in vivo
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Cellular and molecular immunology
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: RNAseq
Genes of interest: HIF1A, HIF-2alpha/EPAS1, Ppar-gamma/PPARG
Phenotypes of interest: Allergic asthma, Bacterial pneumonia in normal lungs, E-cigarette and cigarette effects on bacteria and human innate immune cells
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 23250618: Myeloid cell HIF-1α regulates asthma airway resistance and eosinophil function.; 24037341: Epidermal deletion of HIF-2α stimulates wound closure.
Recent ATS abstracts of potential interest to members of the G&G section: Electronic Cigarette Vapor (ECV) Exposure Decreases Staphylococcus Aureus Susceptibility To Macrophage And Neutrophil Killing.Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF)-2α In Myeloid Cells Promotes Allergic Inflammatory Airways Disease Pathogenesis In Mice.Cigarette Smoke Exposure Increases Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Virulence Via Resistance To Antimicrobial Peptides And Oxygen Species Whereas Exposure To E-cigarette Vapor Increases MRSA Virulence Via Alterations In pH
Jeff Curtis Professor, University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: No
Areas of expertise: Gene expression/miRNA microarrays, Microbiome studies
Julie  DeLisa UIC
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Behavioral Science and Health Services Research
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Biostatistics/Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, GWAS, Linkage studies, Statistical methods, Proteomics Personalized Medicine
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Zuzana Diamant Associate Professor, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden and QPS-NL, Groningen, The Netherlands
Country of Origin: Netherlands
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Experimental systems: Human clinical (mainly asthma, allergy)
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Clinical (interventional) trials in asthma, allergy, COPD, biomarkers
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Phenotypes of interest: Allergic asthma, eosinophilic, sometimes different
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 24119772: Inhaled allergen bronchoprovocation tests.; 20601050: Biomarkers in asthma and allergic rhinitis.; 24964348: Setipiprant, a selective CRTH2 antagonist, reduces allergen-induced airway responses in allergic asthmatics.
Joshua Diamond Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Clinical Problems
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Biostatistics/Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Microbiome studies
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Statistical methods
Genes of interest: PTX3
Phenotypes of interest: Primary graft dysfunction
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 24467603: Genetic variation in the prostaglandin E2 pathway is associated with primary graft dysfunction.; 23710539: Gene set enrichment analysis identifies key innate immune pathways in primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation.; 22822025: Variation in PTX3 is associated with primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation.
Dani-Louise Dixon Associate Professor, Flinders Medical Centre
Country of Origin: Australia
Primary ATS assembly: Critical Care
Experimental systems: Human clinical, Human in vitro, Rodent (rat, guinea pig, mouse) in vivo, ex vivo, in vitro
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Immunology
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Proteomics
Jose Gomez Instructor, Yale University School of Medicine
Country of Origin: Colombia
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology and Inflammation
Experimental systems: Human in vitro
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Asthma, Airway disease, Bioinformatics, Genetics and genomics
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Genes of interest: CHI3L1, microRNAs
Phenotypes of interest: Asthma, COPD
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 25592985: Genetic variation in chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) contributes to asthma severity and airway expression of YKL-40.; 25763605: Non-invasive Analysis of the Sputum Transcriptome Discriminates Clinical Phenotypes of Asthma.
Recent ATS abstracts of potential interest to members of the G&G section: A5970: Airway Epithelial Histone Deacetylase 9 is Activated in Respiratory Viral Infection, A1057: The rs12141494 Polymorphism in CHI3L1 is Associated with Asthma Severity and Airway Expression of YKL-40
Aaron Hamvas Professor, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago / Northwestern University
Country of Origin: US
Primary ATS assembly: Pediatrics
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Childhood ILD, Genetics, Microbiome studies, Neonatology, Newborn lung disease, Rare Variants & Exome Sequencing
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Informatics
Genes of interest: ABCA3, SFTPB, SFTPC, NKX2-1
Phenotypes of interest: Newborn RDS, Childhood ILD
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 25553246: Sequencing of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis-related genes reveals independent single gene associations.; 24871971: Genotype-phenotype correlations for infants and children with ABCA3 deficiency.; 23430038: Heterogeneous pulmonary phenotypes associated with mutations in the thyroid transcription factor gene NKX2-1.
Simon Hart Senior Lecturer, Hull York Medical School
Country of Origin: UK
Primary ATS assembly: Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology
Experimental systems: Human in vitro, Small animal imaging
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Apoptosis, Cell surface phenotyping, Clinical trials, Imaging, Inflammatory cell biology, Fibroblast biology
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Rare Variants & Exome Sequencing
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 21109729: Copy number variation of FCGR3B is associated with susceptibility to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.; 20929558: Association of FcγRIIa R131H polymorphism with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis severity and progression.
Rogene Henderson Retired, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Environmental, Occupational and Population Health
Areas of expertise: Respiratory toxicology
Craig Hersh Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Clinical Problems
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Gene expression/miRNA microarrays, GWAS, Linkage studies, Personalized Medicine, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics, RNAseq
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: RNAseq
Phenotypes of interest: COPD
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 25315895: Genetic control of gene expression at novel and established chronic obstructive pulmonary disease loci.; 25078622: Integrative genomics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.; 24876173: The clinical and genetic features of COPD-asthma overlap syndrome.
Recent ATS abstracts of potential interest to members of the G&G section: Network analysis of gene expression in severe COPD lung tissue samples
Blanca Himes Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Experimental systems: Human
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Biostatistics/Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Gene expression/miRNA microarrays, GWAS, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics, RNAseq
Phenotypes of interest: Asthma
Steven Huang Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology
Experimental systems: Predominantly human in vitro, but also murine, and a little human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Gene expression/miRNA microarrays
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Genes of interest: CDKN2B
Phenotypes of interest: IPF, Pulmonary fibrosis
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 25215577: Lung fibroblasts from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis exhibit genome-wide differences in DNA methylation compared to fibroblasts from nonfibrotic lung.; 23640463: Histone modifications are responsible for decreased Fas expression and apoptosis resistance in fibrotic lung fibroblasts.; 22645246: Prostaglandin E₂ increases fibroblast gene-specific and global DNA methylation via increased DNA methyltransferase expression.
Recent ATS abstracts of potential interest to members of the G&G section: DNA Hypermethylation of CDKN2B Contributes to a Pro-fibrotic Phenotype in IPF Fibroblasts
Samir Kelada Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology
Experimental systems: Murine in vitro, Human on occasion
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Gene expression/miRNA microarrays, Gene-environment interactions, Genetically robust mouse models of airway disease
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: GWAS
Phenotypes of interest: Airway inflammation
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 25114278: Genetic regulation of Zfp30, CXCL1, and neutrophilic inflammation in murine lung.; 24693920: Integrative genetic analysis of allergic inflammation in the murine lung.
Brian Keller Fellow, Washington University School of Medicine
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Experimental systems: Human translational, Murine
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Microbiome studies
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Statistical methods
Phenotypes of interest: Autophagy, Lung transplantation
Recent ATS abstracts of potential interest to members of the G&G section: 1) Metagenomic analysis in lung allograft dysfunction2) Correlation between metagenomics and metabolomics reveals active bacterial metabolism in the lower airways
Lies Lahousse Postdoctoral fellow, Ghent University Hospital
Country of Origin: Belgium
Primary ATS assembly: Environmental, Occupational and Population Health
Experimental systems: Human clinical epidemiology
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: GWAS, Personalized Medicine, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics, Rare Variants & Exome Sequencing
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Phenotypes of interest: COPD
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 24929828: Genome-wide association analysis identifies six new loci associated with forced vital capacity.; 24993907: Common genes underlying asthma and COPD? Genome-wide analysis on the Dutch hypothesis.; 22837378: Genome-wide association studies identify CHRNA5/3 and HTR4 in the development of airflow obstruction.
Julie Ledford Instructor, Duke University
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Gene expression/miRNA microarrays
Genes of interest: SP-A/SFTPA1
Phenotypes of interest: Asthma
Lennart Lundblad Assistant Professor, University of Vermont
Country of Origin: Sweden
Primary ATS assembly: Respiratory Structure & Function
Experimental systems: Human, Murine
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Pharmacology, Physiology
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Gene expression/miRNA microarrays
Phenotypes of interest: Asthma, Bronchoconstriction, Epithelial expression, Hyperresponsiveness, Mast cell expansion
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 24285269: Antigen-induced mast cell expansion and bronchoconstriction in a mouse model of asthma.
Manoj Mammen Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Clinical Problems
Experimental systems: Human clinical, in vitro (site leader in phase I, IV trials and interested in doing more)
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Microbiome studies, Proteomics
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: GWAS
Phenotypes of interest: Asthma, COPD, Critically ill patients
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 24188068: Large-scale, ion-current-based proteomics investigation of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.
Nuala Meyer Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Critical Care
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Biostatistics/Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, GWAS, Personalized Medicine, Smaller scale protein analysis (ELISA, immunoblot)
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Genes of interest: ABO, ANGPT2, IL1RN, TOLLIP
Phenotypes of interest: AKI, ARDS, Sepsis
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 25089931: A functional synonymous coding variant in the IL1RN gene is associated with survival in septic shock.; 21257790: ANGPT2 genetic variant is associated with trauma-associated acute lung injury and altered plasma angiopoietin-2 isoform ratio.; 24385226: ABO blood type A is associated with increased risk of ARDS in whites following both major trauma and severe sepsis.
Recent ATS abstracts of potential interest to members of the G&G section: ABO Blood Type is Associated with an Evoked Phenotype of Soluble Intracellular Adhesion Molecule – 1 (sICAM-1) in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Uday Nanavaty Clinical Practice, Laurel Regional Hospital
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Behavioral Science and Health Services Research
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Biostatistics/Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Personalized Medicine
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Metabolomics
William Nichols Professor, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Pulmonary Circulation
Experimental systems: Human, Murine
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: GWAS, Linkage studies, Rare Variants & Exome Sequencing,
Phenotypes of interest: Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Umesh Chandra Ojha Specialist. Pulmonary medicine, Esic Hospital Basaidarspur New Delhi
Country of Origin: India
Primary ATS assembly: Critical Care
Areas of expertise: Respiratory diseases
Jonathan Phillips Principal Scientist, Amgen
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Experimental systems: Human, Murine
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Biostatistics/Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Gene expression/miRNA microarrays
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Metabolomics
Genes of interest: AQP5, SCNN1B, SLC26A4
Phenotypes of interest: Asthma, COPD, IPF
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 23565148: Bleomycin induces molecular changes directly relevant to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a model for "active" disease.; 22990623: Double-stranded RNA induces molecular and inflammatory signatures that are directly relevant to COPD.
Recent ATS abstracts of potential interest to members of the G&G section: Pendrin knockout mice have increased respiratory resistance
Hesham Raafat Assistant Professor, Ain Shams University
Country of Origin: Egypt
Primary ATS assembly: Clinical Problems
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Linkage studies, Microbiome studies, Personalized Medicine
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Tayyab Rehman Clinical Practice, Delta Regional Medical Center
Country of Origin: Pakistan
Primary ATS assembly: Thoracic Oncology
Experimental systems: Human microbiome and its role in asthma
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Microbiome studies
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Statistical methods
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 23017185: Role of the gut microbiota in age-related chronic inflammation.; 22948594: Bronchoscopy for refractory asthma.
Bradley Richmond Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Country of Origin: United States
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Experimental systems: Human in vitro, Murine
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Microbiome studies
Genes of interest: PIGR
Phenotypes of interest: Airway and parenchymal remodeling, Inflammation, Susceptibility to infection
Chris Rider Postdoctoral fellow, University of Calgary
Country of Origin: UK/Canada
Primary ATS assembly: Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology
Experimental systems: Human clinical, in vitro
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Biostatistics/Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Gene expression/miRNA microarrays, Statistical methods
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: RNAseq
Genes of interest: Many
Phenotypes of interest: Asthma, COPD
Alizaman Sadigov Head of Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical University Baku City
Country of Origin: Azerbaijan
Primary ATS assembly: Clinical Problems, Allergy and Immunology
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Asthma, Bronchiectasis, COPD, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Hypertension, Sleep Medicine
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: GWAS
Genes of interest: SERPINA1, SERPINB1
Eniko Sajti Assistant Professor, UCSD
Country of Origin: Hungary
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Experimental systems: Murine
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, RNAseq
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Elizabeth Skinner Postdoctoral fellow, Western Health
Country of Origin: Australia
Primary ATS assembly: Critical Care
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Gene expression/miRNA microarrays
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Genes of interest: Genes regulating muscle mass
Katrina Steiling Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine / Boston Medical Center
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Thoracic Oncology
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Gene expression/miRNA microarrays, Personalized Medicine, RNAseq, Statistical methods
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: GWAS
Genes of interest:  
Phenotypes of interest: Cigarette smoking, COPD, Lung cancer
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 23471465: A dynamic bronchial airway gene expression signature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung function impairment.; 23925644: Airway gene expression in COPD is dynamic with inhaled corticosteroid treatment and reflects biological pathways associated with disease activity.; 19357784: Comparison of proteomic and transcriptomic profiles in the bronchial airway epithelium of current and never smokers.
Isaac Sundar Research Assistant Professor, University of Rochester Medical Center
Country of Origin: India
Primary ATS assembly: Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology
Experimental systems: Human in vitro, Murine in vitro and in vivo, primary cells
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Animal models of COPD, Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Gene expression/miRNA microarrays
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Proteomics, Pyrosequencing analysis for DNA methylation samples (mouse and human), Bioinformatics analysis for DNA methylation data available from existing samples
Genes of interest: HDAC2, SIRT1, Ku70/XRCC6, p16/CDKN2A, p21/CDKN1A
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 24283195: Cigarette smoke induces distinct histone modifications in lung cells: implications for the pathogenesis of COPD and lung cancer.; 24025728: Circadian clock function is disrupted by environmental tobacco/cigarette smoke, leading to lung inflammation and injury via a SIRT1-BMAL1 pathway.; 22312446: Mitogen- and stress-activated kinase 1 (MSK1) regulates cigarette smoke-induced histone modifications on NF-κB-dependent genes.
Stanley Szefler Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Pediatrics
Experimental systems: Human clinical - asthma in children
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Clinical pharmacology, Personalized Medicine, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Phenotypes of interest: Severe asthma
Arthur Torre Associate Professor, Rutgers NJ Medical School
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: No
Christine Vohwinkel Assistant Professor, UC Denver
Country of Origin: Germany
Primary ATS assembly: Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Gene expression/miRNA microarrays, Metabolomics
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Proteomics
Genes of interest: LDH, PFKFB3
Phenotypes of interest: ARDS
Elaine Wang Director, BIPI
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Biostatistics/Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Personalized Medicine
Phenotypes of interest: IPF
Mark Windt Clinical Practice, Center for asthma allergy and respiratory disease
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Experimental systems: Human clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Microbiome studies
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Microbiome studies
Mark Wurfel Associate Professor, University of Washington
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Experimental systems: Human clinical, in vitro
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Biostatistics/Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Gene expression/miRNA microarrays, GWAS
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Statistical methods
Phenotypes of interest: ARDS, Sepsis
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 25378593: Cutting edge: Genetic variation in TLR1 is associated with Pam3CSK4-induced effector T cell resistance to regulatory T cell suppression.; 22295056: Genome wide association identifies PPFIA1 as a candidate gene for acute lung injury risk following major trauma.; 23478521: Toll-like receptor 1 polymorphisms and associated outcomes in sepsis after traumatic injury: a candidate gene association study.
Xiaobo Zhou Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Country of Origin: China
Primary ATS assembly: Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology
Experimental systems: Human cells, Murine disease models
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Functional investigations on genetic variants and genes identified from GWAS
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Genes of interest: HHIP
Phenotypes of interest: COPD, Emphysema
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 22140090: Identification of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease genetic determinant that regulates HHIP.; 24934276: A genome-wide survey of CD4(+) lymphocyte regulatory genetic variants identifies novel asthma genes.
Gernot Zissel Associate Professor, Medical Centre - University of Freiburg, Centre for Medicine, Dept. of Pneumology
Country of Origin: Germany
Primary ATS assembly: Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology
Experimental systems: Human in vitro: established cell lines/primary cell lines/isolated primary cells, Animals: rat and mouse cell lines/animal models (rare)
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Cell biology, Gene expression/miRNA microarrays, Immunology, Personalized Medicine
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Gene expression/miRNA microarrays
Genes of interest: OS9, MARCH9, RAB23
Phenotypes of interest: Sarcoidosis
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 22936702: Genome-wide association analysis reveals 12q13.3-q14.1 as new risk locus for sarcoidosis.
Gerard Koppelman Professor, University Medical Center Groningen
Country of Origin: Netherlands
Primary ATS assembly: Pediatrics
Experimental systems: Human Clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, GWAS, Linkage studies, Personalized Medicine, Statistical methods
Genes of interest: PCDH1, IL33, IL1RL1
Phenotypes of interest: Asthma, Allergic disease, Childhood wheeze
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 19729670: Identification of PCDH1 as a novel susceptibility gene for bronchial hyperresponsiveness.; 24568840: Association of IL33-IL-1 receptor-like 1 (IL1RL1) pathway polymorphisms with wheezing phenotypes and asthma in childhood.; 24249636: Genome-wide protein QTL mapping identifies human plasma kallikrein as a post-translational regulator of serum uPAR levels.
Yingze Zhang Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology
Experimental Systems: Human cohorts
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Gene expression/miRNA microarrays, GWAS, Personalized Medicine, Rare Variants & Exome Sequencing
Potential collaboration expertise south within the ATS: RNAseq (all varieties)
Phenotypes of interest: COPD, IPF
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 23695349: Association between the MUC5B promoter polymorphism and survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.; 22268124: Allele-specific transactivation of matrix metalloproteinase 7 by FOXA2 and correlation with plasma levels in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.; 21506748: A variant in the promoter of MUC5B and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Justin Oldham Assistant Professor, University of California at Davis
Country of Origin: USA
Primary ATS assembly: Clinical Problems
Experimental systems: Human Clinical
Interested in collaborating with other ATS members: Yes
Areas of expertise: Clinical Genetics, Pharmacogenetics
Potential collaboration expertise sought within the ATS: Epigenetics/Epigenomics, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Phenotypes of interest: CTD-ILD, IPF
Representative PubMed IDs of potential interest to G&G members: 26331942: TOLLIP, MUC5B, and the Response to N-Acetylcysteine among Individuals with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.; 26589497: A functional genomic model for predicting prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.