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2019 ATS Abstract Scholarship Award Recipients

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

Bashar Alzghoul, MD
University of Florida
Abstract Title: Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Asthma Exacerbation: Characteristics and Hospital Outcomes

William Bain, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract Title: Platelets Limit Apoptotic Lung Epithelial Cell Death and Protect Mice Against Infection-Induced Lung Injury

Matthew Camiolo, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract Title: High Dimensional Immunophenotyping Identifies Diversity Within Severe Asthmatics

Mikel Haggadone, BS
University of Michigan
Abstract Title: Degradation of Extracellular Vesicles by Enzymatic Allergens

Linnea Honeker, PhD
University of Arizona
Abstract Title: Gut Microbiota from Amish but Not Hutterite Children Protect Germ-Free Mice from Experimental Asthma

Adelle Jee, MBBS, FRACP
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Abstract Title: Nailfold Capillaroscopy in a Prospective Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Cohort: IPF, CTD-ILD and IPAF

Yale Jiang, MD
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh
Abstract Title: Transcriptomics of Atopy and Atopic Asthma in White Blood Cells from Children and Adolescents

Joanne Kavanagh, MBChB, MRCP(UK)
Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust
Abstract Title: Response to Benralizumab After Sub-Optimal Response to Mepolizumab in Oral Corticosteroid Dependent Severe Eosinophilic Asthma

Yeon Joo Kim, MD
Asan Medical Center
Abstract Title: Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcome

Marta Kokoszynska, MD
University of Vermont
Abstract Title: Obesity Alters the Pulmonary Innate Immune System Response in Murine Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Tristan Kooistra, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Abstract Title: Airway Basal Cell Notch Signaling Coordinates Immune Cell Localization and Activation in Asthma

Allison Manuel, Dphil
University of Vermont
Abstract Title: S-Glutathionylation of Pyruvate Kinase M2 Is Associated with Metabolic Reprogramming and Cytokine Production in the Development of Allergic Obese Airway Disease

Efthymia Matthaiou, PhD
Stanford University
Abstract Title: The Role of Iron-Induced Macrophage Dysregulation in Aspergillus Fumigatus Invasion in Airway Transplantation

Oliver McElvaney, MB BCh, MD, MRCPI
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Abstract Title: Metabolic Reprogramming of the Cystic Fibrosis Neutrophil Drives Interleukin-1β via the NLRP3 Inflammasome

Andrew Moore, MD
Stanford University
Abstract Title: Validation of a 12-mRNA Score for Mortality Risk Stratification in Critically Ill Patients

Luisa Morales-Nebreda, MD
Northwestern University
Abstract Title: Aging Decreases Tissue Protective Function of Regulatory T Cells in the Lung

Eric Morrell, MD, MA
University of Washington
Abstract Title: Alveolar Macrophage Expression of Cholesterol 25 Hydroxylase Is Associated with Increased Inflammation and Lung Injury in ARDS

Tolani Olonisakin, BA
School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Heightened Erythrocyte Disposal Weakens Macrophage Effector Function During Klebsiella Pneumoniae Infection

Charu Rajput, Ph.D
University of Michigan
Abstract Title: Early Life Rhinovirus Infection Alters the Host Response to Heterologous Infection and Leads to an Exaggerated Asthma Like Phenotype

Sebastian Riquelme, PhD, MSc
Columbia University Medical Center
Abstract Title: Bacterial Metabolic Adaptation Causes Chronic Lung Infection in Cystic Fibrosis

Alec Salminen, MS, BS
University of Rochester
Abstract Title: Investigating Leukocyte Luminal Dynamics, Diapedesis, and Abluminal Crawling with Optically Transparent Nanoporous Membranes

Anukul Shenoy, PhD, PhD, MS, BS
Boston University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Lung CD4+ Resident Memory TRMCells Remodel Epithelial Responses to Accelerate Neutrophil Recruitment

Hao Sun, MD
Jiangsu Province Hospital
Abstract Title: Doxycycline Alleviates Paraquat Induced Acute Lung Injury Via Inhibiting Neutrophil-Derived Matrix Metalloproteinase 9

Lissa Sutherland, MSc, BSc(Hons)
University of Nottingham
Abstract Title: A Low Exhaled Nitric Oxide Level Excludes a Short-Term Benefit from Inhaled Corticosteroids in Suspected Asthma

Job van Bragt, PharmD, MSc
Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam
Abstract Title: Exhaled Breath Analysis for Prediction of Responders to Mepolizumab in Patients with Severe Asthma

Rick van der Geest, MSc
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract Title: The Macrophage Response to Klebsiella Pneumoniae Involves CD36-Mediated Syk Activation and Type I IFN-Dependent Cytokine Production

Lena Vodovotz, BS
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract Title: Differential Networks of Circulating Inflammatory Mediators in HIV-Infected Smokers and Non-Smokers

Libing Yang, BS
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract Title: Alterations in Oral and Gut Microbiota in HIV-Infected Individuals Related to Pulmonary Function

Dan Justin Kalenda Yombo, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Abstract Title: Hsp70 Is a Positive Regulator of Airway Inflammation and Mucus Hypersecretion Through the Increase of Type 2 Cytokine Production by Activated T Cells in Allergic Asthma

These Abstract Scholarship has been funded by a generous donation from ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

Michael Alexander, MD
Northwestern University
Abstract Title: Transcriptional and Epigenomic Profiling of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Immune Cells in Sarcoidosis 

Ozioma Chioma, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Abstract Title: Gender Differences in Sarcoidosis Mediated by PD-1 and TH17 Pathway

Nidah Khakoo, MD
Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami
Abstract Title: PET/CT Scan as a Surrogate for Treatment Outcomes in Sarcoidosis

These Abstract Scholarship has been funded by a generous donation from ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - Allergy and Asthma Network

Dinah Foer, MA, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Abstract Title: Individual Gene Expression Signatures in Severe Asthmatics Identify Responders and Non-Responders to Imatinib

Peng Zhang, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Abstract Title: Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy and Risk of Asthma