These Abstract Scholarship Awards have been funded by the American Thoracic Society

Yuzo Suzuki, MD, PhD.
University of Southern California, Keck school of Medicine
Abstract Title: Lack Of Autophagy In Dendritic Cells Induces Steroid Resistant, IL-17 Dependent Airway Hyperreactivity

Ashish K Sharma, MBBS, PhD
University of Virginia
Abstract Title: Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion-Mediated Reconditioning And Attenuate Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Leopoldo N. Segal, MD, MS
New York University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Effects Of Azithromycin On Lung Microbiome, Metabolome And Immune Phenotype Of Early Emphysema Subjects: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Michael C. Peters, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Abstract Title: Obesity Interacts With Airway Th2 Inflammation To Worsen Asthma Severity

Elizabeth Sapey, MBBS, PhD
University of Birmingham
Abstract Title: Simvastatin Improves Outcomes In Pneumonia By Modulating Neutrophil Function, But In-Vitro And In-Vivo Studies Suggest Pre-Emptive/Early Therapy In The Elderly

Jose David Herazo-Maya, MD
Yale University
Abstract Title: The Peripheral Blood 52 Gene Survival Signature Is Also Indicative Of Disease Progression In Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Farida Ahangari, MD
Yale University
Abstract Title: An Endothelial-specific VEGF Receptor 2-miR-1-Mpl Circuit Controls the Severity of Lung Th2 Inflammation

David J. Jackson,, MD
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
Abstract Title: Prostaglandin D2 Is Induced During Rhinovirus-Induced Asthma Exacerbations And Related To Exacerbation Severity In Vivo

Narsa R. Machireddy, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Abstract Title: A Dysfunctional Nrf2 Impairs Macrophage Efferocytosis During Acute Lung Injury And Repair

Li Eon Kuek, BS(Hons)
University of Melbourne
Abstract Title: Expression And Function Of A Novel Membrane-Spanning Protein, MS4A8B, In The Airway Epithelium

Despo Ierodiakonou, MD, MS
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen
Abstract Title: Pathway Analysis Of A Genome Wide Gene By Air Pollution Interaction Study In Asthma

Sreenivas Veeranki, MBBS, DrPH
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Timing Of Prenatal Folic Acid Supplementation And Risk Of Allergic Rhinitis In Early Childhood

Sidra Hoffman, MS
University of Vermont
Abstract Title: Genetic Ablation Of Glutaredoxin-1 In A Model Of House Dust Mite-Induced Allergic Asthma Modulates Airway Neutrophilia, IL-17A And AHR

Asger Sverrild, MD
University Hospital Bispebjerg
Abstract Title: Airway Hyperresponsiveness To Inhaled Mannitol Is Related To A Specific Mast Cell Phenotype And Eosinophilic Inflammation Of The Airway Submucosa

Maen Obeidat, BSPharm, PhD
University of British Columbia Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital
Abstract Title: Integrative Genomics Approach To Unravel The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Variations In Lung Function Measures

Marrah E. Lachowicz-Scroggins, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Abstract Title: The rs1420101 Asthma GWAS Variant Functions As An Expression Quantitative Loci For Airway Soluble ST2 Gene Expression In Asthmatics

Astrid Van Huisstede, MD
Sint Franciscus Gasthuis
Abstract Title: Bronchial And Systemic Inflammation In Morbidly Obese Asthmatic Subjects: A Biopsy Study

Erica Van Der Wiel, MD
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen
Abstract Title: Small And Large Airways Dysfunction In Relation To Asthma Control And The Response To Specific Environmental Stimuli; A Large Primary Care Cohort Study

Panfeng Fu, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Abstract Title: Epigenetic regulation of P. aeruginosa mediated acute lung injury by sphinosine kinase 2

Kevin W. Gibbs, MD
Johns Hopkins
Abstract Title: CD4+Foxp3+ Regulatory T cells Rescued Impaired Lung Injury Resolution Responses In Neonatal Mice

Sara Morgado-Garcia, PhD
University of Cincinnati
Abstract Title: Effects Of Cigarette Smoke Exposure On Dendritic Cell And Treg Control Of Effector T Cells

Cynthia Baffi, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Abstract Title: Clinical, Radiological And Pathological Characteristics Of Patients With Asthma Undergoing Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) To Diagnose Asthmatic Granulomatosis (AG)

Jigna Zatakia, DO
Virginia Commonwealth University
Abstract Title: Calcified lymph node; an unusual cause of hemoptysis

Christine L. Vigeland, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: MTOR Regulation Of T Cell Activation In The Lungs Modulates Pulmonary Fibrosis

Guus Westerhof, MD
Academic Medical Centre
Abstract Title: Predictors Of Remission In New-Onset Adult Asthma