Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine
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2021 - Present
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Nonclassical Monocytes Sense Hypoxia, Regulate Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling, and Promote Pulmonary Hypertension.
Journal Article J Immunol · March 15, 2020 An increasing body of evidence suggests that bone marrow-derived myeloid cells play a critical role in the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, the true requirement for myeloid cells in PH development has not been demonstrated, and a sp ... Full text Link to item CiteImproving the Quality and Reproducibility of Flow Cytometry in the Lung. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.
Journal Article Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol · August 2019 Defining responses of the structural and immune cells in biologic systems is critically important to understanding disease states and responses to injury. This requires accurate and sensitive methods to define cell types in organ systems. The principal met ... Full text Link to item CiteSex Modifies Acute Ozone-Mediated Airway Physiologic Responses.
Journal Article Toxicol Sci · June 1, 2019 Sex differences clearly exist in incidence, susceptibility, and severity of airway disease and in pulmonary responses to air pollutants such as ozone (O3). Prior rodent O3 exposure studies demonstrate sex-related differences in the expression of lung infla ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Single Cell Profiling and Disease Modeling of CTEPH
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2019 - 2022Role of Resident Monocytes in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2021Role of CX3CR1 in the anti-tumor effects of NK cells
ResearchGraduate Student · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2004View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Duke University, School of Medicine ·
2004
M.D.