LUNG T32
Participating Mentors
Program Eligibility
& Nominations
Dr. Dolly Mehta
Program Director
Department of Pharmacology
Center for Lung and Vascular Biology
University of Illinois College of Medicine
835 S Wolcott Ave E403
Chicago, IL 60612
Tel: (630) 936-9206
Fax: (312) 996-1225
E-mail: dmehta@uic.edu
Current list of mentors who participate in the University of Illinois College of Medicine Lung Biology and Pathobiology Training Program.
Name
Primary (& Secondary) Appointments
Role in Program
Research Interests
Schweppe Family
Distinguished
Professor & Head
Pharmacology
Center for Lung & Vascular Biology
Principal
Investigator
Regulation of barrier properties of lung endothelial cells; cellular and molecular basis of lung endothelial activation and injury; neutrophil/endothelial interactions; lung progenitor cell
Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics (Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy)
(Medicine, Division of Hematology/ Oncology)
Mentor
Eosinophil effector functions in asthma, tissue remodeling and fibrosis; biochemistry, cell and structural
biology of eosinophil protein
mediators of inflammation
Associate Professor
Pharmacology
(Anesthesiology)
Mentor
Molecular mechanisms of platelet and role in thrombus formation and vascular inflammation
Wonhwa Cho, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Chemistry
[College of Liberal Arts & Sciences]
Mentor
Lipid signaling, lipid binding proteins,
and eicosanoid biosynthesis in lungs
and other tissues
Xiaoping Du, MD, PhD
Professor
Pharmacology
Mentor
Molecular pharmacology of platelet activation; platelet and endothelial cell interactions
Steven Dudek, MD
Dvision Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy & Associate Professor
Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy
(Pharmacology)
Mentor
Mechanistic characterization of vascular barrier function in models of inflammation
David Eddington, PhD
Associate Professor
Bioengineering
[College of Engineering]
Mentor
Microfluidics, oxygen modulation of cells and tissues, models of physiology and pathophysiology
Patricia Finn, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine & Earl M Bane Professor
Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy
(Pharmacology)
Mentor
Pulmonary immunology in pathobiology
of vascular lung and asthma
Nissim Hay, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Mentor
Mechanisms of cell survival and cell cycle control; Akt regulation of cell function
Jeffrey Jacobson, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy
(Pharmacology)
Mentor
Lung endothelial cell barrier regulation and acute lung injury
Jack Kaplan, PhD
Benjamin Goldberg
Professor & Head
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Center for Structural Biology
Mentor
Molecular studies of ATPases that
function as ion pumps
Andrei Karginov, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pharmacology
Cancer Center
Mentor
Regulation of endothelial cell function by phosphorylation-mediated signaling
Professor and Head
Physiology & Biophysics
Mentor
Angiogenesis in embryonic, adult, tumor, and reproductive states
Yulia Komarova, PhD
Associate Professor
Pharmacology
Mentor
Signaling mechanisms regulating endothelial barrier in lung
Lester Lau, PhD
Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Mentor
Angiogenesis, cell growth, and differentiation
Irena Levitan, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy
(Pharmacology)
(Bioengineering)
[College of Engineering]
Mentor
Role of endothelial and macrophage ion channels in lung injury and inflammation;
endothelial biomechanics
Jie Liang, PhD
Professor
Bioengineering
[College of Engineering]
Mentor
Bioinformatics and systems
biology of proteins, RNA, networks,
and tissue patterning
Dolly Mehta, PhD
Professor
Pharmacology
Center for Lung &
Vascular Biology
Mentor
Identification of signaling switches that compromise endothelial barrier function, and promotion of barrier repair in lungs
Bradley Merrill, PhD
Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Mentor
Wnt/β-catenin signaling, Mesoderm/ endoderm lineage specification, specification of endothelial progenitors
Richard D. Minshall, PhD
Professor
Anesthesiology
Center for Lung &
Vascular Biology
(Pharmacology)
Mentor
Signaling mechanisms regulating paracellular and transcellular transport, vascular homeostasis, and
regeneration of airway epithelium
Earl M Bane Professor
Pharmacology
(Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy)
Mentor
Role of reactive oxygen species and bioactive lipids in vascular endothelial signaling, injury and barrier integrity
Professor
Medicine, Division of Nephrology
(Surgery)
Mentor
Immunology, Systems Biology,
and lung transplantation
Pradip Raychaudhuri, PhD
Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Mentor
Lung metastasis of breast and liver cancer
Professor
Pediatrics
(Pharmacology)
Mentor
Oxidative stress signaling and acute lung injury and repair in adults and neonates
Associate Professor
Medicine, Division of Cardiology
(Pharmacology)
Mentor
Biology of regenerative stem and progenitor cells in lung vascular system
Jae-Won Shin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pharmacology & Bioengineering
Mentor
Stem cell mechanobiology and bioengineering for tissue regeneration by modulating blood and immune cells
Owen J. Tamplin, PhD Assistant Professor
Pharmacology (Bioengineering)
Mentor
Hematopoietic stem cell microenvironment; signals that regulate stem cell behavior
Associate Professor
Pharmacology
Center for Lung &
Vascular Biology
Mentor
Signaling pathways mediate in and resolve lung vascular inflammatory injury; ubiquitinediting enzyme A20 in lung injury
Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Mentor
Epithelial cell differentiation and
role in tissue injury
Kishore Wary, PhD
Associate Professor
Pharmacology
Center for Lung &
Vascular Biology (Bioengineering)
[College of Engineering]
Mentor
Lipid phosphate phosphatases in role of lung microvessel endothelial cells pro-apoptotic signaling
Professor
Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy
Mentor
Lung Cancer and Wnt signaling