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Mentors

Name

Primary/Secondary Appointments

Research Interests

Role

Jacob I. Sznajder 

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Lung edema clearance and regulation of the Na,K-ATPase in the lungs. 

Program Director 

Borisy, GG 

Cell & Molecular Biology 

Understanding the structure, dynamics and molecular biology of the cytoskeleton and how this is related to disease. 

Mentor 

Budinger, GRS 

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Role of alveolar epithelial apoptosis in the development of lung injury. 

Co-Director 

Ciechanover, AJ 

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Role of the ubiquitin system in the SMAC/DIABLO mediated inhibition of IAP molecules during apoptosis, HIF-1 a stabilization, p53 and MyoD activation. 

Mentor 

Chandel, NS 

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Hypoxia and the mechanisms that regulate cell death. 

Mentor 

Dean, DA 

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology 

Mechanisms that underlie cell type specific expression of non-virally delivered transgenes. 

Mentor 

Dematte D’Amico, JE 

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

ARDS and Sepsis in the Medical Intensive Care Unit 

Mentor 

Glucksberg, MR 

Biomedical Engineering 

Blood pressure and flow in the pulmonary and retinal circulation as it relates to robot assisted microsurgery, pulmonary mechanics and lung liquid transfer. 

Mentor 

Goldman, RD 

Cell & Molecular Biology, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Structure and function of cytoskeletal and nucleoskeletal intermediate filament networks. 

Mentor 

Gottardi, C 

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Cadherins and catenins in cell-cell adhesion and signaling. 

Mentor 

Hicke, LA 

Biochemical, Molecular Cell Biology 

Ubiquitin mediated protein degradation. 

Mentor 

Kamp, DW 

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Role of particulate air pollution and asbestos-induced alveolar epithelial cell mitochondrial dysfunction DNA damage and apoptosis. 

Mentor 

Jain, M 

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Adult Cystic Fibrosis. 

Mentor 

Jones, JCR 

Cell & Molecular Biology, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Structure and assembly of hemidesmosomes. 

Co-Director 

Morimoto, RI 

Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology 

Molecular mechanisms that regulate the transcription and activation of a family of heat shock factors in response to stress. 

Mentor 

Ridge, KM 

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Elucidating the pathways driving alveolar fluid reabsorption in the injured lung. 

Mentor 

Smith, LJ

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Translational asthma research 

Mentor 

Sporn, PHS 

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 

Regulation of leukotriene, and mechanical signal transduction. 

Co-Director 

Schleimer, RP 

Allergy-Immunology 

Mechanisms of action of glucocorticoids in allergic disease.  

Mentor

Schumacker, PT 

Pediatrics 

 

Mentor