Additional Titles

• Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology

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• Physician profile
• Research publications

Education

• MD: Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (1975)
• Internal Medicine Residency: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (1977)
• Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: University of California, San Francisco, CA (1980)
• Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine: University of California, San Francisco, CA (1984)
• Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine: University of California, San Francisco, CA (1987)
• Associate Staff Member, Cardiovascular Research Institute: University of California, San Francisco, CA (1987)
• Assistant Professor of Medicine: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1990)
• Associate Professor of Medicine: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1995)
• Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1999)
• Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (Present)
• Professor, Department of Medicine: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (Present)
• Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (Present)

Recognition

• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1973
• Research Evaluation and Allocation Committee Award, University of California, 1983 and 1984
• Francis S. North Senior Fellowship in Pulmonary Disease, 1985-87
• Academic Senate Committee on Research Award, University of California, 1986
• Career Investigator Award of the American Lung Association, 1988
• American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1993
• Selma and Herman Seldin Professorship of Medicine in Pulmonary Diseases, 1995
• Member, Lung Biology and Pathology Study Section, 1994-1998
• Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 1998-2003
• Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians (FACCP), 1999
• Association of American Physicians, 2000
• Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments, American Thoracic Society, 2001
• Outstanding Volunteer Award, American Lung Association of Missouri, 2001
• Pfizer Visiting Professorship Award to Vanderbilt University, 2003
• Pfizer Visiting Professorship Award to Baylor University, 2005
• J. Burns Amberson Lecturer, American Thoracic Society, 2007
• K. Frank Austen Lecture, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 2010
• Member, National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2011-2015
• Fellow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology (AAAAI), 2011
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2013
• Distinguished Investigator Award, Washington University School of Medicine, 2015
• Faculty of 1000, F1000 Prime, 2016-present
• Member, Keystone Symposia Scientific Advisory Board, 2017-present
• Member, NHLBI Program Project (HLBP) Review Committee, 2017-2021

Research Interests

Viral immunology, interferon signaling, epithelial stem cells, mucus production, drug discovery and development