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American Lung Association of California Research Program

Funded Applicants 2000-2001:

Research Training Fellowship

Wei Shi, MD, Ph.D.
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Kech School of Medicine
4650 Sunset Blvd., MS 35
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Amount: $32,500

Sponsor:
David Warburton, MD, FRCP
Director, Developmental Biology Program
Professor of Pediatrics, Surgery and Craniofacial
Molecular Biology
4650 Sunset Blvd., MS 35
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Project Title: Transforming growth factor-B3 pulmonary vessel development.

Omid Akbari, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Immunology and Transplant Biology
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305-5208

Amount: $32,500

Sponsor:
Dale T. Umetsu, MD, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Immunology and Transplant Biology
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305-5208

Project Title: Peripheral Tolerance induction protection against asthma.

Mojdeh Talebian, MD
UC Davis
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
4150 V Street
PSSB, Ste. 3400
Sacramento, CA 95817

Amount: $32,500

Sponsor:
Reen Wu, Ph.D.
UC Davis
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
4150 V Street
PSSB, Ste. 3400
Sacramento, CA 95817

Project Title: The role of rad in regulations of airway epithelial cell differentiation.

Jun Deng, MD, Ph.D.
Stanford University Medical Center
Oncology Department
M207
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305

Amount: $32,500

Sponsor:
Shoshana Levy, Ph.D.
Stanford University Medical Center
Oncology Department
M207
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305

Project Title: Functional role of CD81 in allergen induced airway hyper-reactivity in mice.

Debra Piddington, Ph.D.
UCSD
Pathology Department
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0640

Amount: $32,500

Sponsor:
Nancy Buchmeier, Ph.D.
UCSD
Pathology/Infectious Disease Department
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0640

Project Title: Role of superoxide dismutatse C in the virulence of M tuberculosis.

Craig Cummings, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Department of Genetics
300 Pasteur Drive, L311
Stanford, CA 94305-5120

Amount: $32,500

Sponsor:
David Relman, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
300 Pasteur Drive, L311
Stanford, CA 94305-5120

Project Title: Transcriptional Analysis of the Bordetella-Host Interaction.

Martina Kreutzer, MD
UC Davis
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
4150 V Street, Ste. 3400, PSSB
Sacramento, CA 95817

Amount: $32,500

Sponsor:
Reen Wu, Ph.D.
Pulmonary and Critical Care/
Internal Medicine
4150 V Street, Ste. 3400, PSSB
Sacramento, CA 95817

Project Title: Gene Expression and Metastatic Potential in Lung Cancer.

Shazia Jamil, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
UCSD
School of Medicine
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103-8372

Amount: $32,500

Sponsor:
Timothy Bigby, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
UCSD
School of Medicine
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103

Project Title: 5-Lipozygenase pathway regulator of lung cancer cell growth and apoptosis.

Scholarship in Advanced Practice Nursing with a Focus on Pulmonary Care

Sharon Legenza,
UCSF
Adult Nurse Practitioner Program
349 38th Street, #102
Oakland, CA 94609

Amount: $6,000

Scholarship in Advanced Practice Nursing with a Focus on Pulmonary Care

Jeanine Ishak
UCLA
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program
667 Corte Rosalinda
Camarillo, CA 93010

Amount: $6,000

Scholarship in Advanced Practice Nursing with a Focus on Pulmonary Care

Young Investigator Awards

Marina Stolina, Ph.D.
UCLA School of Medicine
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Center
11301 Wilshire Blvd., Bldg. 500,111Q
Los Angeles, CA 90073

Amount: $25,000

Sponsor:
Steven Dubinett, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Center
11301 Wilshire Blvd., Bldg. 500, 111Q
Los Angeles, CA 90073

Project Title: 6Ckine — dependent antitumor responses in lung cancer.

John Paul Wolters, MD
UCSF
Pulmonary Medicine/Internal Medicine
90 Medical Center Way
Surge Bldg. Room 206
San Francisco, CA 94143-0911

Amount: $25,000

Sponsor:
George Caughey, MD
UCSF
Pulmonary Medicine/Internal Medicine
Box 0842
San Francisco, CA 94143-0911

Project Title: Characterization of mast cell cysteine proteases

Pierre P. Massion, MD
UCSF
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
UCSF Cancer Center
P.O. Box 1297
San Francisco, CA 94143-1297

Amount: $25,000

Sponsor:
Joe Gray, Ph.D.
Professor of Laboratory Medicine
and Radiation Oncology
UCSF Cancer Center
P.O. Box 1297
San Francisco, CA 94143-1297

Project Title: Genetic abnormalities in preinvasive squamous lung neoplasia

Kenneth Fang, MD
UCSF
School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Research Institute
P.O. Box 0911
San Francisco, CA 94143-0911

Amount: $25,000

Sponsor:
George Caughey, MD.
UCSF
School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Research Institute
P.O. Box 0911
San Francisco, CA 94143-0911

Project Title: Proteolytic autoregulation of mast cell apoptosis

Chantal Jenny Darquenne, Ph.D.
UCSD
School of Medicine
9500 Gilman Drive, 0931
La Jolla, CA 92093-0931

Amount: $25,000

Sponsor:
Trevor Cooper, M.Sc.
Programmer/Analyst
Medicine/Physiology
UCSD
School of Medicine
9500 Gilman Drive, 0931
La Jolla, CA 92093-0931

Project Title: Modeling of particle deposition in mammalian lungs

Yuan — Pu Peter, Di, Ph.D.
UC Davis
Internal Medicine
CCRBM, Surge Bldg. I, 1128
Davis, CA 95616

Amount: $25,000 (renewal)

Sponsor:
Reen Wu, Ph.D.
UC Davis
Internal Medicine
CCRBM, Surge Bldg. I, 1128
Davis, CA 95616

Project Title: Characterization of a novel airway serous cell-specific gene

Savita P. Rao, Ph.D.
UCSD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Contract & Grant Admin., 0934
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0934

Amount: $25,000 (renewal)

Sponsor:
Stephen I. Wasserman, M.D.
H.M. Ranney Prof. & Chair, Dept of Med.
Director, Div. Of Allergy
UCSD Medical Center
200 West Arbor Dr., #8811W
San Diego, CA 92103-8811

Project Title: Role of lung cells in Mycobacterium avium infection

James Roum, MD, Ph.D.
UC Irvine
UCI Medical Center
101 The City Drive South, Bldg. 53, Rm. 119, Rte. 81
Orange, CA 92868

Amount: $25,000 (renewal)

Sponsor:
N.D. Vaziri, MD
Acting Department Chair
UC Irvine Medical Center
Department of Medicine
101 The City Drive South, Bldg. 53, Rte. 81
Orange, CA 92868

Project Title: S-Nitrosoglutathione in Lung Lining Fluid: Nitric Oxide Release

Kenneth John Serio, M.D.
UCSD School of Medicine
Pulm./Crit. Care Medicine
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103-8372

Amount: $25,000 (renewal)

Sponsor:
Timothy Bigby, MD
VA Medical Center
3350 La Jolla Village Drive
M/C 111J
San Diego, CA 92161

Project Title: Regulation of Leukotriene C4 Synthase Gene by Sp Proteins

Rajeev Venkayya, M.D.
UCSF
Office of Research Affairs
3333 California St., Ste 11
San Francisco, CA 94143-0962

Amount: $25,000 (renewal)

Sponsor:
David Erle, MD
UCSF
Box 0854
San Francisco, CA 94143-0854

Project Title: The role of TH2 Lymphocyte Products in Asthma

 

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