Previously Funded Researchers

Francisco Cartujano, MD

University of Rochester

Using Text Messaging to Stop Vaping

Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD

The Rockefeller University

Autoantibodies to Interferons in Patients with Emerging Viral Pneumonia

Jennifer Casey, Ph.D.

University of Alabama at Birmingham

How Does Cadmium in Cigarette Smoke Increase Risk of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia?

Suzanne Cassel, M.D.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Blocking Development of Cells Involved in Steroid-Resistant Asthma

Stephen Chan, MD, PhD

University of Pittsburgh

NCOA7 as a novel therapeutic and genetic diagnostic target in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Tung Chan, Ph.D.

Thomas Jefferson University

Protecting Lungs by Stimulating Molecule Important to Cell Survival

Hitendra Chand, Ph.D.

Florida International University

Reducing Mucus Production in Asthma and COPD

Jichao Chen, Ph.D.

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Origin and function of a novel cell population

Limo Chen, Ph.D.

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Targeting Protein to Improve Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer

Tianji Chen, Ph.D.

University of Illinois at Chicago

Discovering Protein's Role in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Ya-Wen Chen, PhD

University of Southern California

Roles of hypoxia and Wnt signaling in human progenitor cell fate decision during lung injury

Yen-Hua Chen, Ph.D.

Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Role of Arginase Metabolism in Innate Lymphoid Cell-mediated Lung Inflammation

Emily Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.

Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research

Overcoming Resistance to Newest EGFR-Inhibiting Lung Cancer Drugs

Haiying Cheng, MD, PhD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Potential new immune evasion pathways and molecular targets in lung cancer

Simon Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.

Columbia University in the City of New York

Will Blocking Bmi1 Protein Improve Lung Cancer Immunotherapy?

Joe Chiles, MD

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Active Weight Loss Monitoring for Early Rehabilitation Referral in the Outpatient with COPD

Soo Jung Cho, M.D.

Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Why Are Older People More Susceptible to Fibrotic Lung Disease?

Bina Choi, MD

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Proteomics Signatures of Quantitative Interstitial Abnormalities and Impaired Respiratory Health

Chen-Hua Chuang, Ph.D.

Stanford University

Molecular Biography of Lung Cancer Metastasis

Sangwoon Chung, PhD

The Ohio State University

Preventing neutrophilic inflammation in severe asthma by targeting ETosis

Geoffrey Clark, PhD

University of Louisville Research Foundation

Determining How New RAS Inhibitor Works Against Lung Cancer

Sarah Clark, PhD

University of Colorado

Using Probiotics to Improve Pneumonia Treatment  

Suzanne Cloonan, Ph.D.

Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University

How Genes Influence Development of Cigarette Smoke-Induced COPD

Bria Coates, MD

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago 

Why Does SARS-CoV-2 Rarely Cause Severe Disease in Children?

J. Robert Coleman, Ph.D.

State University of New York

New Streptococcus Pneumonia Vaccine Would Protect Against All Strains

Tiziana Corsello-Gorgun, PhD

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Role of Airway Derived Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) in Respiratory Viral Infections

Maria Cortez, Ph.D.

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Overcoming Lung Cancer Immunotherapy Resistance

Ahmet Coskun, PhD

Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Revealing How Immune Cells Specialize in Response to Lung Cancer Cells

Catherine Crosby, Ph.D.

La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology

How Immune Cell Helps Protect Body from Bacteria that Infects the Lung

Kristina Crothers, M.D.

University of Washington, Seattle

Communicating Results of Lung Cancer Screening to Patients