{"id":16214,"date":"2025-10-02T15:37:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=16214"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:37:26","slug":"kelada-receives-new-r01-grant-from-niehs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/kelada-receives-new-r01-grant-from-niehs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelada Receives New R01 Grant from NIEHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14511\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 229px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14511 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2016\/10\/Samir-Kelada-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Samir Kelada 2024\" width=\"219\" height=\"291\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Samir Kelada (Associate Professor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. Samir Kelada (Associate Professor) was awarded a new R01 grant from NIEHS for his\u00a0project titled \u201cDiscovery of gene-by-air pollution interactions in respiratory disease using genetically diverse mice with\u00a0validation in humans\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0goal of the project is to identify gene-environment interactions (GxE) with acute and chronic exposure to the ambient air pollutant ozone (O3) that contribute to common, chronic respiratory diseases like asthma and COPD. After mapping quantitative trait loci at high resolution and identifying candidate genes, the team will test for GxE in asthma in the Children\u2019s Health Study and in COPD in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Air Pollution Study. 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