Thomas J. Brett, PhD, & Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD, Awarded Michael J. Fox Foundation Grant

Congratulations to Tom Brett, PhD, and Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD, on Receipt of Michael J. Fox Foundation Grant The Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine is pleased to congratulate Tom Brett, PhD, and Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD, on receiving an award from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in support of their […]

Marlene Cano, MD, PhD Awarded NIH K08 Career Development Grant

The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is pleased to announce that Marlene Cano, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, has been awarded a Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Her project, “Immuno-Metabolic Drivers of Chronic Rejection after Lung […]

PCCM Represented at 2025-2026 Internal Medicine Residency Program Awards

PCCM Faculty and Fellow Honored at 2025-2026 Internal Medicine Residency Program Awards The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is pleased to announce that three members of the Division were recognized at the John T. Milliken Department of Medicine’s 2025-2026 Internal Medicine Residency Program Awards. Alex Hartlage, MD, PhD, a critical care medicine fellow, […]

Marlene Cano, MD, PhD, Awarded Parker B. Francis Fellowship

Marlene Cano, MD, PhD, Awarded Parker B. Francis Fellowship to Study Mechanisms of Chronic Lung Transplant Rejection The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is pleased to announce that Marlene Cano, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, has been awarded a Parker B. Francis Fellowship from the Francis Family Foundation. The three-year Faculty Career […]

Laneshia K. Tague, MD, MSCI, Awarded NIH R03 Grant

Laneshia K. Tague, MD, MSCI, Awarded NIH R03 Grant to Study Effects of Immunosuppression on Neutrophil Development The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is pleased to announce that Laneshia K. Tague, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Program Director for Research in the PCCM Fellowship Program, has been awarded an R03 […]

Two Physicians Named Inaugural Won Ro and Kyung Ja Shin Lee Research Scholars

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Names Inaugural Won Ro and Kyung Ja Shin Lee Research Scholars The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine has named Laneshia K. Tague, MD, MSCI and James Krings, MD, MSCI as inaugural Won Ro and Kyung Ja Shin Lee Research Scholars. The award is made possible through […]

Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD Featured for COPD Research Advances

Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD

  Jennifer Alexander‑Brett, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, has been featured in a recent Nature Biotechnology article highlighting major advances in targeting interleukin‑33 (IL‑33) signaling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The article, “Newcomer anti‑IL‑33 makes strides in COPD,” underscores the growing impact of IL‑33–focused therapeutics and the importance of foundational biological insight in […]

Rodrigo Vazquez Guillamet, MD, Named Director of COPD Comprehensive Care Program

Rodrigo Vazquez Guillamet, MD

The Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Rodrigo Vazquez Guillamet, MD, as Director of the COPD Comprehensive Care Program, effective immediately. Dr. Vazquez Guillamet is an Associate Professor of Medicine and serves as Medical Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. His clinical work focuses on […]

Bin Liu, PhD, Receives 2026 AHA Career Development Award

The Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine is proud to celebrate Bin Liu, PhD, on receiving the 2026 Career Development Award from the American Heart Association. This nationally competitive award supports early-career investigators pursuing innovative and impactful research for a three-year period. Dr. Liu’s project, “Endothelial TMEM100 regulates capillary reprogramming in pulmonary arterial hypertension,” […]

Steve Brody, MD, Elected to Association of American Physicians

Steven L Brody, MD

The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine proudly congratulates Steve Brody, MD, on his election to the Association of American Physicians (AAP), one of the nation’s most respected honorary medical societies. Founded in 1885, the AAP recognizes physician scientists whose work has advanced biomedical science and improved human health. Election to the AAP is […]

Kaharu Sumino, MD, Receives 2025 Fall Ignite Interdisciplinary Grant

The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine congratulates Dr. Kaharu Sumino on receiving a Here and Next Ignite Interdisciplinary Grant for the project AIR-NET (Action for Integrating AIR in Nigeria’s Asthma Treatment). This award marks a milestone for the Division as our first Here and Next–funded project and among our first global health initiatives […]

Zhiyu Dai, PhD, Receives 2026 Werner Risau Early Career Investigator Award in Vascular Biology

Congratulations to Zhiyu Dai, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, who was selected for the 2026 Werner Risau Early Career Investigator Award in Vascular Biology. This distinguished award was established in honor of Dr. Werner Risau, an investigator who formulated key concepts for the regulation of angiogenesis, challenged the prevailing dogmas about angiogenic factors, and proposed […]

Andrew Roth, MD, Named KL2 Clinical Research Scholar

The Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine is proud to announce that Andrew Roth, MD, Instructor of Medicine, has admitted to the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) KL2 Career Development Awards Program as a KL2 Clinical Research Scholar beginning 01/01/2026. The WashU KL2 Program is a competitive, NIH-funded career development […]

Tom Brett, PhD, appointed to Alzheimer’s Association International Research Grant Program Council

The Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at WashU Medicine congratulates Tom Brett, PhD, on his appointment to the Alzheimer’s Association International Research Grant Program (IRGP) Council. Established in 2020, the IRGP Council helps oversee the Alzheimer’s Association peer review process and provides input on the development of funding programs and initiatives that advance […]

WashU PCCM Researchers Awarded Rosenau Family Research Foundation Grant for Cystic Fibrosis Project

St. Louis, MO – Congratulations to Tom Brett, PhD, and Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD, in the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, on receiving a three-year grant from the Rosenau Family Research Foundation. Their project, “Investigating the role of a novel TMEM16A isoform in cystic fibrosis,” will explore […]

James Krings, MD earns Honorable Mention in 2025 William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award

James Krings, MD

The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine congratulates James Krings, MD and his Honorable Mention for his work with Andwele Jolly, DPT of the Integrated Health Network titled “CHEST: A Collaboration with Community Health Centers to Implement SMART for Asthma.” About the 2025 William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award The newly-formed St. Louis […]

Bin Liu, PhD Selected as Finalist for American Heart Association Award

The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine congratulates Dr. Bin Liu, Instructor and Senior Scientist in the Zhiyu Dai lab, for his recognition as a finalist in the Cournand & Comroe Early Career Investigator Award by the American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR). Dr. Liu received the award […]

Adam Anderson, MD receives Barnes Jewish Hospital Medical Staff Association Early Career Award

Adam Anderson, MD

Jennifer DeLaney, MD, President of Barnes Jewish Hospital Medical Staff Association, has announced Adam Anderson, MD as a recipient of the Barnes Jewish Hospital Medical Staff Association Early Career Award. This honor is awarded to physicians who have done superlative work in patient care or teaching. Recipients of this award show exceptional promise in leading […]

COPD Foundation Names WashU a Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center

Shail B. Mehta, MD

Congratulations to Shail Mehta, MD, who was instrumental in the awarding of Washington University as a Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center. Bronchiectasis and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease impacts hundreds of thousands of individuals in the U.S. The Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center Network was established to help facilitate access to specialized care with a […]