These Travel Awards have been funded by the American Thoracic Society

Robert Runyon, BS
Stanford Medical School and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Abstract Title: The Effects Of Smoking On The Immune Response: Gene Methylation And T-Cell-Based Responses In Twins Discordant For Smoking

Jen Alexander-Brett, MD PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Cellular Sites Of IL-33 Production And Action In A Mouse Model Of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD) And In Humans With Severe COPD

Ariane H. Wagener, MD
Amsterdam Medical Centre
Abstract Title: Changes In Gene Expression Profiles Induced By dsRNA And Allergen In Primary Nasal And Bronchial Epithelial Cells Of Patients With Asthma And Controls

These Travel Awards have been provided by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. - A member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Francois Coulombe, MS
McGill University
Abstract Title: Prostaglandin E2 Negatively Regulates Immunity To Pulmonary Influenza A Virus Infection

Xinguo Jiang, PhD
Stanford University
Abstract Title: Endothelial Cell Specific VHL Haplodeficiency Normalizes Microvasculature And Attenuates Airway Fibrosis

These Travel Awards have been provided by Aerocrine - A member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Charlotte Hyldgaard, MD
Aarhus University Hospital
Abstract Title: Value Of S-ACE, BAL Lymphocytosis, CD4/CD8 And CD103CD4/CD4 In Diagnosis Of Sarcoidosis

Yumeko Hayashi, MD
Dokkyo Medical University
Abstract Title: Difference Of Peripheral Blood Dendritic Cell Subsets In Patients With Atopic Diseases And Sarcoidosis

These Travel Awards have been provided by Genentech - A member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Kelsey Gray, MD
University of Colorado Denver
Abstract Title: Dietary Vitamin D Modulates Lung Immunity And Allergic Airways Disease In Mice

Melissa Y. Tjota, BA
University of Chicago
Abstract Title: Allergen-Specific IgG Augments Th2 Inflammation In The Lungs: Role Of IL-33 Production By Alveolar Macrophages And Respiratory Dendritic Cells

These Travel Awards have been provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc. - A member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Cristobal F. Risquez, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Abstract Title: Syndecan-2 And CCL2 Interactions Promote Alveolar Macrophage Recruitment During Acute Lung Injury

Kristin Westphalen, MD
Columbia University
Abstract Title: Real-Time Microscopy Of Alveolar Macrophages In The Mouse Lung

These Travel Awards have been provided by InterMune, Inc. - A member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Ryan G. Shipe, MD
University of Virginia Health System
Abstract Title: Circulating Activated And Differentiated Fibrocytes In Severe Asthma

John R. Anderson, MB BS
University of Nottingham
Abstract Title: Does Elevated Exhaled Nitric Oxide Identify Eosinophilic Inflammation In Mixed Granulocytic Asthma?

This Travel Award has been provided by nSpire Health, Inc. - A member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Shravan Kooragayalu, MBBS
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Abstract Title: Effect Of Inhaled Steroids And Montelukast On Peripheral Blood T-Cell Sub-Types In Young Atopic Children At Risk For Asthma

These Travel Awards have been provided by Pearl Therapeutics - A member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Jeremy Hirota, PhD
James Hogg iCAPTURE Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease
Abstract Title: The Airway Epithelium NLRP3 Inflammasome Mediates Innate And Adaptive Immune Responses

Hannah L. Miller, BSc
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract Title: Type I Interferon Signaling Is Required To Abrogate Airway Allograft Tolerance Via The TLR3 Agonist dsRNA (Poly:IC)

These Travel Awards have been provided by Pfizer, Inc. - A member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Diana L Bonilla, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Abstract Title: Linking Autophagy And Phagocytosis: A Role For Class A Scavenger Receptors

Christina Draijer, MSc
University of Groningen
Abstract Title: Estrogen Protects Against Airway Inflammation Via Upregulation Of Secretory Leukoprotease Inhibitor And Downregulation Of IL-33

This Travel Award has been provided by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - A member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Kristen Ploetze, BS
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Sarcoidosis Mycobacterial ESAT-6-Specific Th-17 Cells Demonstrate Reduced Cellular Function

These Travel Awards have been provided by Teva Respiratory - A member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Laurie C. Eldredge, MD, PhD
University of Washington
Abstract Title: M2 Macrophage Polarization In Neonatal Mice; Implications For Hyperoxia-Induced Inflammation

Maartje A. E. Nieuwenhuis, MSc
University Medical Center Groningen
Abstract Title: Severity Of Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness In Asthma: A Genome-Wide Association Study

These Travel Awards have been provided by United Therapeutics Corporation – A member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Robert Hallowell, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: mTOR Regulates The Differentiation Of Classically And Alternatively Activated Macrophages

Kenichiro Hara, MD
Mayo Clinic
Abstract Title: Airway Exposure To Staphylococcus Aureus Particles Promotes Development Of Antigen-Specific Th2-Type Immunity To Inhaled Antigens Through Production Of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP)