These Abstract Scholarship Awards have been funded by the American Thoracic Society
Andrew Berical, MD
Boston University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Development Of An IPSC-Based Toolbox For The Study Of Cystic Fibrosis
Nathaniel Bone, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Abstract Title: Anabolic Metabolism Of Activated Myofibroblasts Is Linked To Ampk Inactivation And Impaired Resolution Of Lung Fibrosis
Caire Burgess, BSc
Boston University
Abstract Title: Generation Of Alveolar Epithelial Type I Cells From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Alessandra Castaldi, PhD
University of Southern California
Abstract Title: Claudin-18 Is A Novel Regulator Of Airway Progenitor Cell Homeostasis And Differentiation
Christine Cunningham, BS
University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract Title: Y-chromosome Gene, Uty, Protects Against Pulmonary Hypertension By Reducing Proinflammatory Cytokines And Endothelial Death
Rachel M. Gilbert, M.Eng
University of Delaware
Abstract Title: The Contribution of the Mesothelium During Lung Development and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Arun Habermann, A.B.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Abstract Title: Deconstructing Pulmonary Fibrosis At Single-cell Resolution
Adam Knox, BS, MS
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Abstract Title: Identification Of First-in-class Small-molecule Inhibitors For Selective Targeting Of Nox4 For Pulmonary Fibrosis
Erin Marshall, BSc
BC Cancer Research Centre
Abstract Title: Distinct Lung Microbiome Preceding Clinical Diagnosis Of Lung Cancer
Luisa Morales-Nebreda, MD
Northwestern University
Abstract Title: Cell-Autonomous Aging in Treg Cells Determines Their Tissue-Reparative Function Following Influenza
Thivanka Muthumalage, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Abstract Title: Clinical, Chemical, and Toxicological Analyses of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)
Gail L Stanley, DM, MPH
Yale University
Abstract Title: Bacteriophage Therapy Decreases Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Lung Inflammation
Satoshi Watanabe, MD, PhD
Northwestern University
Abstract Title: Aging Accelerates Pulmonary Fibrosis Via The Activation Of Integrated Stress Response And Recruitment Of Monocyte-derived Alveolar Macrophages
These Abstract Scholarships have been funded by a generous donation from ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation
Jamie L. Everman, PhD
National Jewish Health
Intelectin-1 Affects Interleukin-13-Induced Mucociliary Airway Dysfunction And Its Expression Is Regulated By A Cis-eQTL Associated With Development Of Asthma And IBD
Amanda Smith, BS(Hons)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Investigating The Role Of SPAG1 In The Cytoplasmic Assembly Of Axonemal Dynein Arms: Genotypic And Phenotypic Variability Of SPAG1 Mutations In Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
These Abstract Scholarships have been funded by a generous donation from ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
Tatsuya Tsukui, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Identification Of Pathologic Fibroblasts With The Highest Level Of ECM Gene Expression And Migratory Phenotype In Pulmonary Fibrosis
Nichelle Winters, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fibroblast Subtypes Identified By Single Sell RNA Sequencing In Pulmonary Fibrosis