Pulmonary Biology
Pulmonary Diseases
- Respiratory distress syndrome
- Asthma
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- Pneumonia
- Interstitial lung disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis
View a complete list of the diseases that our students and faculty are fighting.
The research in this area focuses on normal perinatal pulmonary adaptation. Lung morphogenesis, gene regulation, pulmonary injury and repair, surfactant homeostasis, antioxidants, transcriptional factors, structure and function of surfactant proteins comprise the major interests of the group.
Faculty
- Ann Akeson, PhD, Associate Professor
- Lung development, focused on understanding the processes of endothelial cell signaling, differentiation and patterning critical for normal pulmonary vascular development and function [Visit the Akeson Lab]
- Tim Le Cras, PhD, Associate Professor
- Growth factors in newborn lung development and chronic lung disease in premature infants [Visit the Le Cras Lab]
- Ward R. Rice, MD, PhD, Professor
- Cell signaling pathways involved in lung development and differentiation
- John Shannon, PhD, Professor
- Lung developmental biology; lung cell biology; surfactant protein gene expression
- Timothy E. Weaver, PhD, Professor
- Cytoprotective pathways involved in adaptation to genetic and environmental stresses [Visit the Weaver Lab]
- Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD, Professor
- Lung morphogenesis, gene regulation and surfactant biology
For more information about the Molecular and Developmental Biology Program at Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati, email mdbprog@cchmc.org or call 513-636-4545. You can also apply online at our application page.
