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Le Cras Lab

Meet the Lab Members

Learn more about each of the lab members in the Le Cras Laboratory:
Tim D. Le Cras, PhD

Dr. Le Cras was recruited to Cincinnati Children’s in 2001 and set up his own laboratory in the Division of Pulmonary Biology. His laboratory currently works on the pathogenesis on chronic lung diseases, including pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, asthma and BPD.
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Patricia Pastura, BS

Tricia is a Senior Research Assistant and plays a major role managing the transgenic and knockout mice lines that the group utilizes. In addition, Tricia has extensive expertise in immunohistochemistry and molecular analysis techniques. Tricia is a graduate of the College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati.

Elizabeth Mushaben, BS

Elizabeth is a graduate student in the Molecular & Developmental Biology PhD program. Her research focuses on the role of the BMPRII receptor and the mTOR pathway in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma. She is a graduate of the College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati.

Thomas Acciani, BS

Tommy is a graduate student in the Molecular & Developmental Biology PhD program. His research focuses on the role of the EGF receptor and the air pollutant diesel exhaust particles in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne.

Elizabeth Kramer, MD, PhD

Beth worked in our lab and graduated with her PhD from the Molecular & Developmental Biology PhD program in 2009. Her research focused on the role of the EGF receptor in lung remodeling and disease and she published two first author papers from her thesis work.

Chelsea Tolentino, BS

Chelsea is a graduate student in the Molecular & Developmental Biology PhD program and works jointly between the Le Cras (Pulmonary Biology) and Nichols laboratories (Human Genetics) as her research focuses on the genetics of pulmonary hypertension. She is a graduate of Grambling Sate University, LA and originally comes from Hawaii.

Tim D. Le Cras

Patricia Pastura

Elizabeth Mushaben

Thomas Acciani

Elizabeth Kramer

Chelsea Tolentino

Contact Information

Tim D. Le Cras, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pulmonary Biology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
3333 Burnet Ave.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039
Phone: 513-636-8151
Fax: 513-636-7868
Email: tim.lecras@cchmc.org

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