Previously Funded Researchers

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

Haiying Cheng, MD, PhD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Potential new immune evasion pathways and molecular targets in lung cancer

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

Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research

Overcoming Resistance to Newest EGFR-Inhibiting Lung Cancer Drugs

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

Columbia University in the City of New York

Will Blocking Bmi1 Protein Improve Lung Cancer Immunotherapy?

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

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

Miranda Curtiss, MD, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham

CXCR5/Chi3l1 axis regulates allergic disease

Suellen D`Arc dos Santos Oliveira, PhD

University of Illinois at Chicago

Role of Caveolin-1 and BMPRII Short Form in Pulmonary Vascular Homeostasis

Ana Patricia da Silva Gomes, PhD

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

Understanding the Effect of the Aging Process on Lung Cancer Treatment

Vinicio De Jesus Perez, M.D.

Stanford University

How Blood Vessel Cells Promote Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Brandon DeKosky, PhD

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.

Molecular analysis of antibody responses associated with COVID-19 respiratory distress

Gina DeNicola, Ph.D.

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

Changes in Cell Signaling Pathway Could Shed Light on Lung Cancer

Tushar Desai, M.D., MPH

Stanford University

Genetic Tools Help Shed Light on Lung Cancer Progression

Priyadharshini Devarajan, PhD

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

What Precursors Become Lung-Resident CD4 Memory that Protect Against Respiratory Infections or Cause Lung Pathology?

Taylor Doherty, M.D.

University of California, San Diego

Seeking Better Understanding of Allergic Asthma

Gregg Duncan, Ph.D.

University of Maryland-College Park

A New Way to Monitor Mucus in Obstructive Lung Diseases

Joyita Dutta, Ph.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Using PET/MRI Images in Late-Stage Lung Cancer Treatment

Partha Dutta, Ph.D.

University of Pittsburgh

Stopping Endothelial Cell Death in Pulmonary Hypertension