Research Profiles
![Olawale O. Amubieya, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/amubieya-olawale-1881039238.jpg?h=8a019425&f=7d8f98c1&itok=AmLcMnQ-)
Olawale O. Amubieya, MD, PhD
Social and environmental factors and their impacts on advanced lung diseases and lung transplant.
![Igor Barjaktarevic, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/barjaktarevic-igor-1932345105.jpg?h=5424eb50&f=fdfacaf3&itok=pLNyTyUt)
Igor Barjaktarevic, MD, PhD
![Lawrence N. Benjamin, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/benjamin-lawrence-1497104889.jpg?h=17ae6ee5&f=fd7d6985&itok=SaG66FBU)
Lawrence N. Benjamin, MD
Implementation and outcomes research for lung cancer screening.
![Russell G. Buhr, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/buhr-russell-1295059749.jpg?h=475cf85a&f=ff7721aa&itok=nkxrAnST)
Russell G. Buhr, MD, PhD
Developing and evaluating programs and policies to improve care to patients with asthma and COPD.
![Steven Y. Chang, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/c7/chang-steven-1376515023.jpg?f=a0cfbd24&itok=BUix1-2T)
Steven Y. Chang, MD, PhD
Investigator in multicenter trials of: sepsis, shock, and acute respiratory failure (including ARDS).
![Christopher Cooper](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/Christopher-Cooper.jpg?h=609dbdd4&itok=qa4F3sAl)
Christopher B. Cooper, MD
Research activities: respiratory physiology, exercise physiology and obstructive pulmonary diseases.
![Ana C. Costa Monteiro, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/costamonteiro-ana-1124414180.jpg?h=17ae6ee5&f=41da6973&itok=Y3yz-wyQ)
Ana C. Costa Monteiro, MD, PhD
Identifying poor prognosticators of ARDS by leveraging translational and clinical data.
![Brett Dolezal](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/Brett-Dolezal.jpg?h=b597944e&itok=u9ZcfN_P)
Brett Dolezal, PhD
Exercise Physiology research including cardiopulmonary exercise testing & pulmonary rehabilitation.
![Tamas Dolinay, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/dolinay-tamas-1598080137.jpg?h=7e13209a&f=6cbec011&itok=Rcs_HHYW)
Tamas Dolinay, MD
Prolonged mechanical ventilation, mechanical ventilator liberation, ARDS care and outcomes.
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Patricia H. Eshaghian, MD
Interests are in Cystic Firbosis and Bronchiectasis and PCD.
![Jane Fazio, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/JaneFazio.jpg?h=6890171f&f=7a6244ec&itok=7Ig_AdKS)
![Tomas Ganz](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/Ganz_75X100.jpg?h=0106142c&itok=9x2GIczn)
Tomas Ganz, MD, PhD
Molecular basis of systemic iron metabolism and its disorders from biochemistry to animal models.
![Jason Hong, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/hong-jason-1144586637.jpg?h=8c970eff&f=e6a52717&itok=iQAWal0_)
Jason Hong, MD, PhD
Integrative multiomics and basic/translational research in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
![Nikita Jambulingam, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/jambulingam-nikita-1942797121.jpg?h=23337aac&f=0b3896c6&itok=L3874IeQ)
Nikita Jambulingam, MD
Cost-effectiveness of telehealth services in sleep medicine.
![Kristin Schwab Jensen, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/schwab-kristin-1528301462.jpg?h=8a019425&f=97c47a4e&itok=Q3m9jotq)
Kristin Schwab Jensen, MD
Post-ICU Recovery, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Medical Education in the ICU.
![Airie Kim, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/kim-airie-1386662807.jpg?h=db9b136e&f=1fcb6a3d&itok=8_gXWLhh)
Airie Kim, MD, PhD
The roles of iron and erythropoietic homeostasis and dysregulation in inflammatory lung diseases.
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Kostyantyn Krysan, PhD
Mechanisms of lung cancer progression from premalignancy to invasive disease.
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Bin Liu
Targeted and immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer and mechanisms of immunosuppression.
![Jennifer McCaney, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/Jennifer-McCaney.png?h=55541bb6&f=84bf7da5&itok=kweKPrve)
Jennifer McCaney, PhD
Medical device innovation and regulation; entrepreneurship and venture capital in the life sciences.
![Kathryn H. Melamed, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/melamed-kathryn-1700148335.jpg?h=8a019425&f=ed3d2383&itok=aC6wyxdn)
Kathryn H. Melamed, MD
Medical education, curriculum development, and assessment.
![Elizabeta Nemeth, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/Elizabeta-Nemeth.jpg?h=55541bb6&f=fb22b437&itok=ek4uP9Io)
![Thanh H. Neville, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/neville-thanh-1548447949.jpg?h=e3e318db&f=f3360dee&itok=AfyqSrfg)
![Nida Qadir, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/qadir-nida-1790982353.jpg?h=8a019425&f=e0aa1da1&itok=E0ZXFe6b)
Nida Qadir, MD
Practice variability in ARDS and long-term outcomes after critical illness.
![Michael D. Roth, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/roth-michael-1235159427.jpg?h=c974c01c&f=24d10802&itok=bNsTnTmd)
Michael D. Roth, MD
1) Tumor immunotherapy, 2) Inhalation toxicology, 3) Scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease.
![Ramin Salehirad, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/salehirad-ramin-1720374135.jpg?h=bd82d782&f=dfecc035&itok=YbAn0nS1)
Ramin Salehirad, MD, PhD
We study lung cancer immunopathogenesis and develop therapies to overcome resistance.
![David Shackelford, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/David-Shackelford.jpg?h=2f293b25&f=0e3ee03b&itok=NOyZko_Z)
David Shackelford, PhD
![Yusaku M. Shino, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/shino-yusaku-1619114873.jpg?h=1a0c0e84&f=9dfbd3d3&itok=aPdrzOxX)
Yusaku M. Shino, MD
Development of novel methods to assess the immune system after lung transplantation.
![Linh Tran, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/9e/linh-tran-phd.jpg?f=4555b4b6&itok=2qrt2G2m)
![Grant Turner, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/turner-grant-1902292204.jpg?h=37b9aee9&f=53589f13&itok=dcajJD4Z)
Grant Turner, MD
Clinical trials, quality improvement in cystic fibrosis, lung transplantation, and LGBTQIA+ health.
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B. Corbett Walsh, MD, MBE
Bioethics, complex communication, disaster medicine, unrepresented patients, ECMO.
![Tisha S. Wang, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/wang-tisha-1164607461.jpg?h=2464c3a9&f=e62bb16b&itok=sKtblQwj)
Tisha S. Wang, MD
Clinical/translational research within rare lung disease, focused on pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
![S. Samuel Weigt, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/weigt-stephen-1063617116.jpg?h=8a019425&f=27f7061e&itok=2DX426N8)
S. Samuel Weigt, MD
Clinical and translational research in lung transplantation and interstitial lung disease.
![Eric Yen, MD, MS](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/yen-eric-1447464375.jpg?h=8a019425&f=a262fb0a&itok=Jjlj6vyO)
Eric Yen, MD, MS
Research on socioeconomic, environmental, and biological factors contributing to health disparities.