Dr. Colleen McEvoy, Assistant Professor of Medicine in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine has provided extraordinary service to critically ill patients. Dr. McEvoy has been maintaining the scheduling and logistical coordination. She is the co-leader of the COVID Critical Care task force. Since COVID-19 is a new disease, they needed to very quickly provide information […]
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Laneshia K. Tague, MD, MSCI receives AFMR Award
Laneshia K. Tague, MD, MSCI has received the American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR) Junior Physician-Investigator Award. This award was created to honor young AFMR investigators whose research projects complement an overall program of research, teaching and clinical medicine. Candidates must have submitted an abstract to one of the AFMR Regional Meetings. Applications were judged […]
Hrishikesh Kulkarni, MD, MSCI receives Discovery Award
Dr. Hrishikesh Kulkarni (Principal Investigator) received a Discovery Award (Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program) from the Department of Defense for the period of 7/1/20 – 6/30/22. Along with Dr. Andrew Gelman (Cardiothoracic Surgery), they will study how activators of the complement cascade (such as pentraxin 3) increase the risk of acute lung injury (primary graft dysfunction) […]
Hrish Kulkarni, MD, MSCI Receives CDI Grant
Dr. Kulkarni has received an award from the Children’s Discovery Institute. His grant will be for $300,000 for 5 years. The title is “Harnessing the complement system to mitigate acute lung injury.”
103 Lung Transplant Achievement is History in the Making (Links to an external site)
The Lung Transplant Program at Washington University School of Medicine is celebrating its success in completing 103 lung transplants in 2019! Read more.
Michael Hughes, PhD Receives R01 from NIH
Michael Hughes, PhD has received an R01 AR075017-01A1 from the NIH. The title is: “A Systematic Analysis of RNA Editing in Skeletal Muscle.” The aims of this study are to determine whether RNA editing influences skeletal muscle specialization using in silico approaches; testing whether muscle-specific trans factors regulate RNA editing by using in vitro cell […]
Congrats to Dr. Derek Byers for getting the Bee Award
Dr. Derek Byers was awarded the Bee Award today for going above and beyond for his patients. Congrats to Dr. Byers!
Hrish Kulkarni, MD, MSCI Receives K08 from NIH
Hrish Kulkarni, MD, MSCI has received a K08 from the NIH. His project title is C3 Mitigates Epithelial Injury in Pneumonia. The project period will be from 09/01/2019 to 08/31/2024.
Dr. Andrew Michelson Attends NCATS Un-Meeting
Andrew Michelson, MD, WU Pulmonary and Critical Care fellow, was recently awarded a travel stipend to attend the June 1 “Un-Meeting: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Translational Science” by the Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration (CLIC) at the University of Rochester Medical Center. CLIC, which serves as the coordinating center for the […]
Dr. Laneshia Tague Receives KL2 Award
Dr. Laneshia Tague has received a KL2 award with a July 1st, 2019 appointment start. The grant title is “Pharmacogenetic-based Mycophenolate Dosing to Improve Lung Transplant Outcomes”.
Congratulations to the 2019 SPIRiT Awardee Dr. Hrishikesh Kulkarni
Hrishikesh Kulkarni, MD, MSCI, with his collaborating PI, has been awarded a $50,000/one year award for his research project through the SPIRiT funding program. The SPIRiT (Sharing Partnership for Innovative Research in Translation) consortium is a partnership between Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) sites including: Johns Hopkins University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, University of […]
Dr. Pat Lyons Awarded an AnnalsATS Editorial Fellowship (Links to an external site)
Congratulations to Dr. Pat Lyons for being awarded an AnnalsATS Editorial Fellowship. Fellows serve 1-3 year appointments and receive mentored guidance in all aspects of manuscript evaluation and publication. More information on ATS Journals.
Steven Brody, MD receives R01 from NHLBI
In March 2019, Steven Brody, MD has received a new R01 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. His project title is: “Cellular and Molecular Features of Gene Mutations in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia.”
Michael J. Holtzman, MD receives an Outstanding Investigator Award from NHLBI
Michael J. Holtzman, MD received an Outstanding Investigator Award entitled “Defining and Controlling Airway Disease” from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. This Project aims at reprogramming epithelial stem cells in the lung to understand and prevent respiratory airway diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The award […]
Colleen McEvoy, MD receives award from The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Colleen McEvoy, MD an Assistant Professor in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine has received an award from The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital to create a single-site clinical data registry of patients in the BMT and Oncology Intensive Care Unit.
Hrishikesh Kulkarni, MD, MSCI, receives Biomedical Research Award from American Lung Association
Hrishikesh Kulkarni, MD, MSCI, an Instructor of Medicine in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine has received a Biomedical Research Award from the American Lung Association to investigate the role of complement protein C3 in severe pneumonia.
Kayla Berry is awarded an NIH/NHLBI F30 Predoc Fellowship
Kayla Berry, MSTP Student in Dr. Brett’s lab has been awarded a 3 year MD/PhD F30 Predoc Fellowship from the NIH for her project titled “Molecular Mechanism of TMEM16A Surface Stabilization by CLCA1.”
Kayla Berry is selected for an oral presentation in Chicago for ASCI/AAP
Kayla Berry from Tom Brett’s lab was selected as one of only two trainee presentations for the ASCI/AAP meeting. MSTP is only sponsoring 19 students to travel to the ASCI/AAP meeting in Chicago. Kayla was selected out of a competitive group of trainees at this meeting.
Dr. Jennifer Alexander-Brett achieves Junior Physician Investigator Award
Dr. Jennifer Alexander-Brett has been selected as the recipient of the Junior Physician Investigator Award from the American Federation for Medical Research. This award will be presented to Dr. Alexander-Brett during one of the plenary sessions of the Translational Science 2018 meeting in Washington, DC. She was also invited to give a podium presentation at […]
Laneshia Tague, MD received a Transplant Registry Early Career Award
Laneshia Tague, MD, Postdoctoral Research Scholar received a Transplant Registry Early Career Award from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation on her project entitled “Association between Allograft Ischemic Time and Adverse Outcomes Following Lung Transplant”.
Thomas Brett, PhD, received an award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Thomas Brett, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, received an award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for his project entitled “Targeted activation of TMEM16A in cystic fibrosis airway cells”.
Hrishikesh Kulkarni, MD received admission to ICTS KL2 Career Development Program
Hrishikesh Kulkarni, MD, Instructor in Medicine, received admission to Washington University’s ICTS KL2 Career Development Program as a Clinical Research Scholar.
Mario Castro, MD, MPH awarded 2 new research grants
In September 2017, Mario Castro, MD, MPH received 2 new research grants. “Washington University K12 Program in T4 Implementation Research” from the NIH/NHLBI seeks to develop a K12 training program to train scholars to bridge research and practice in a variety of real-world settings with a focus on HLBS disorders. “Washington University’s Precision Biologic Interventions […]
Michael Holtzman, MD awarded research grant
In February 2017, Michael Holtzman received a five year research award (R01) entitled “PARP9-DTX3L Control of Viral Infection and Airway Disease” from the NIH/NIAID. The aims are to define how airway epithelial cells control respiratory viral infection and post-viral airway disease and how to translate these results to develop a new class of therapeutics.
Ramsey Hachem, MD awarded grant from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics
In January 2017, Ramsey Hachem, MD received a two year award entitled “Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Consortium” from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics. The aim is to develop a multicenter consortium of lung transplant centers focused on optimizing and standardizing the care of patients with cystic fibrosis through lung transplantation.