David Hill, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: During normal respiration, thousands of bacteria and other airborne irritants are inhaled every hour. Despite this constant intake of pathogens, the body is able to maintain sterility in the airways b … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Marsico Lung Institute, Physics & Astronomy |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Imaging, Microscopy, Pediatrics, Translational Medicine |
Ilona Jaspers, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My lab examines how inhaled agents modify respiratory immune responses using a number of translational research models. My group is particularly interested in how inhaled agents, such as ambient air p … Read more |
Samir Kelada, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Broadly speaking, my research interests lay in the arena of gene-environment interactions (GxE) in obstructive respiratory diseases. I view the identification and characterization of GxE as a means by … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma & Lung Biology (CEMALB), Genetics, Marsico Lung Institute, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetics, Pulmonary, Toxicology |
Mehmet Kesimer, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The upper airways serve to clean inspired air from physical, chemical and pathological detritus that might damage the delicate peripheral airways where oxygen exchange is achieved. It is the heart of … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Marsico Lung Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
Adam J. Kimple, MD, PhD, FACS, FARS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a surgeon scientist at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. My clinic practice is centered around caring for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). My research group is centered aro … Read more |
Beverly Koller |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We have used gene targeting to generate an animal model for the most common genetic disease in the Caucasian population, cystic fibrosis. We are continuing to characterize this animal and to modify it … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Marsico Lung Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetics, Pathology |
Silvia M. Kreda, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Kreda’s lab studies mechanisms of delivery of therapeutic molecules in the lung and other extra-hepatic organs. The main goal is to develop novel and efficacious delivery strategies of therapeutic … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Department of Medicine (DOM), Marsico Lung Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Gastrointestinal Biology, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacology, Pulmonary, Stem Cells, Translational Medicine |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Marsico Lung Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pulmonary |
Jason Mock, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research program is focused on the immunological processes and molecular mechanisms underlying lung repair and resolution following acute lung injury. Major areas of interests include: Studies inv … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (DOM), Marsico Lung Institute, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Immunology, Pulmonary, Translational Medicine |
Marianne Muhlebach, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am trained as a pediatric pulmonologist and have interests in bacteriology of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. This includes microbiome and anaerobic bacteria found in lungs of people with CF. Spe … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Marsico Lung Institute, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Metabolism, Microbiology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Pulmonary |
Larry Ostrowski, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The overall focus of research in my laboratory is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of airway diseases, especially those that result from impaired mucociliary clearance. In particular, our effort … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Marsico Lung Institute, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Biology, Pediatrics, Pulmonary |
Raymond J. Pickles, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory, located in the Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center in the Thurston-Bowles building at UNC, is interested in how respiratory viruses infect the airway epithelium of t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Marsico Lung Institute, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Physiology, Virology |







