Current CFRI-Funded Cystic Fibrosis Researchers
New Horizons Research
Stephen Aller, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham: Role of CFTR Arginine-933 in Folding, Gating and Potentiator Drug Binding
Steven Jonas, MD, PhD, University of California Los Angeles: Developing Nanotechnology-Enabled Gene Therapy Solutions to Correct CFTR Mutations in Airway Stem Cells: Toward a One-Time Cure for Cystic Fibrosis
Xiaopeng Li, PhD, Michigan State University: Targeting V-type ATPase in Human Small Airways for CF Lung Disease Treatment
Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD, Stanford Medical Center: Identifying Biomaterials that Enable the Transplantation of Gene Corrected Airway Stem Cells to Treat Cystic Fibrosis
Elizabeth Nash Memorial Fellowship
Suzanne Fleiszig, PhD (PI) and Naren Gajenthra Kumar, PhD (Post-Doctoral Fellow), University of California Berkeley: Characterizing the Intracellular Diversification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Chronic Lung Infections
2019 – 2021 CFRI-Funded Cystic Fibrosis Researchers
New Horizons Research
Martina Gentzsch, PhD: Physiological Models of Cystic Fibrosis Airway Cultures that Mimic the In Vivo Environment for Therapeutic Testing; Principal Investigator, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lucas Hoffman, MD, PhD: Bacterial Community-Level Susceptibility Testing for CF Lung Infections; Principal Investigator, University of Washington, Seattle and Seattle Children’s Hospital
Elizabeth Kramer, MD, PhD: The Role of TGF in Driving Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Smooth Muscle Dysfunction in Cystic Fibrosis; Principal Investigator, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Forest Rohwer, PhD: Development of tailocins against microbial infections in cystic fibrosis lungs; Principal Investigator, San Diego State University
Kenichi Okuda, MD, PhD: Regional regulation of CFTR and ionocyte expression in airways; Principal Investigator, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Nash Memorial Fellowship
Cynthia B. Silveira: Bacteriophage-Mediated Spread of Virulence Factors in Cystic Fibrosis Microbiomes; Postdoctoral Fellow, San Diego State University (Forest Rowher, PhD, Principal Investigator)
Keehoon Lee, PhD: A Multi-‘Omic Approach to Evaluate Concurrent Sinus and Pulmonary Disease in Cystic Fibrosis; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Northern Arizona University (Elizabeth Cope, PhD, Principal Investigator)