Previously Funded Researchers

Noel Warfel, Ph.D.

University of Arizona

Blocking Enzyme PIM Kinase to Treat Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Hideo Watanabe, MD, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Distinguishing Different Subgroups of Lung Cancer to Improve Treatment

Hideo Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Understanding the Complexity and Variability of Lung Tumors

Pamela Wearsch, Ph.D.

Case Western Reserve University - School of Medicine

Particles in TB Membrane Could be Target for Treatment

Nathaniel Weathington, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Pittsburgh

Testing New Drug Therapies for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Using Donor Lungs

Kipp Weiskopf, MD, PhD

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Discovering More Effective Ways to Treat KRAS Mutant Lung Cancer

Gary A. Weisman, PhD

The Curators of the University of Missouri

P2Y2 receptor-integrin interactions in Spike- and ACE2-mediated SARS-CoV-2 entry in lung alveolar epithelial cells

Daniel Weiss, MD, PhD

The University of Vermont State and Agricultural College

Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 induced type 2 alveolar epithelial cell pathogenesis

Johnathan Whetstine, PhD

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Chromatin Factors Impacting Lung Cancer

Nicole White, Ph.D.

Washington University in St. Louis

Insight Into How Lung Tumors Grow

Henning Willers, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Attacking Lung Cancer Before It Develops Drug Resistance

Timothy Williamson, M.A., MPH

University of California

Helping Lung Cancer Patients Cope with Their Diagnosis and Treatment

Andrew A Wilson, MD

Trustees of Boston University, B U Medical Campus

Defining the alveolar epithelial response to SARS-CoV-2 and additional risk of cigarette smoke or e-cig vapor exposure

Monte Winslow, Ph.D.

Stanford University

Factors in the Spread of Lung Cancer

Deborah Winter, Ph.D.

Northwestern University

Using Cells from Lung Transplants to Better Understand Pulmonary Fibrosis

Kel Woo, MD, PhD

Washington University in St. Louis

Preventing Low Oxygen-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension

Tianshi David Wu, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

What is the Relationship Between Insulin Levels and Asthma?

Rui Xiao, Ph.D.

Columbia University

Investigating Effect of Smoke Exposure in Alpha-1 Antitryptin Deficiency

Jintao Xu, PhD

University of Michigan

Developing Immune-Based Treatments and Vaccines for Pulmonary Fungal Diseases

Lixing Yang, PhD

University of Chicago

Discovering Genetic Mutations in Lung Cancer in People Who Never Smoked

Xuexian Yang, Ph.D.

University of New Mexico

How Lack of CIS Molecule Leads to Allergic Lung Disease

Shuyu Yao, Ph.D., DVM

Indiana University

Helping Immune System Fight RSV

Hongwei Yao, Ph.D., M.D.

University of Rochester

Link Between Cigarette Smoke and Lung Premature Aging

Ji Yeon Kim, PhD

University of Illinois

Shedding Light on Link Between Mutations and Metabolism in Lung Cancer

Bora Youn, M.P.H., M.S.

Brown University

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment in the Elderly

Jacob Yount, PhD

Ohio State University

Measuring Effect of Anti-Inflammatory Protein on SARS-CoV-2

Maryam Yousefi, Ph.D.

Stanford University

Evaluating Lung Cancer Treatment on Different Genetic Variations

Xiaoyi Yuan, Ph.D.

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Evaluating Role of MicroRNA as Therapeutic Target for ARDS

Zafar Zafari, Ph.D.

University of Maryland at Baltimore

Which Interventions for COPD are Most Cost-Effective?

Igor Zelko, Ph.D.

University of Louisville

Blocking Remodeling in Lung's Blood Vessels in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension