2005 Clinical Research Awards The Alpha-1 Foundation and The CHEST Foundation Clinical Research Award in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AAT)
Joseph C. Cicenia, MD, FCCP
St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center-Manhattan, New York, New York
Research Project: HIV-Related Emphysema and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: A Pilot Study
Division Director: Patricia Tietjen, MD, FCCP
The American Society of Transplantation and The CHEST Foundation Clinical Research Award in Lung Transplantation
Laurie D. Snyder, MD
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Research Project: The Role of Regulatory T Cells in Lung Transplantation
Department Chair: Neil MacIntyre, MD, FCCP
The Association of Subspecialty Professors and The CHEST Foundation of the ACCP Geriatric Development Research Award
Reena Mehra, MD, FCCP
Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
Research Project: Sleep Disordered-Breathing and Cardiac Arrhythmia Associations with Alcohol Use and Dependence in Elderly Men
Division Director: Jeffrey A. Kern, MD, FCCP
Research Mentor: Susan Redline, MD, MPH
The CHEST Foundation and the LUNGevity Foundation Award for Clinical Research in Lung Cancer
Douglas A. Arenberg, MD, FCCP
University of Michigan Medical School, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Research Project: Profiling the Phenotype of Tumor Derived Stromal Fibroblasts
Division Director: Galen B. Toews, MD, FCCP
The CHEST Foundation Clinical Research Award in Women's Health
Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD, FCCP
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology/Allergy Section, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Research Project: Assessment of Women With and Without Asthma Exposed to
Cleaning Agents in the Home
The CHEST Foundation and ALTANA Pharma and Pfizer Award for Clinical Research in COPD
Cynthia D. Brown, MD
The Johns Hopkins University, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Name of Project: Nocturnal Desaturation and Systemic Inflammation in COPD
Program Director: Robert A. Wise, MD, FCCP
Research Mentor: Robert A. Wise, MD, FCCP
Ken M. Kunisaki, MD
University of Minnesota, Medicine/Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Name of Project: Serum and Exhaled Markers of Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (COPD): Predictors of Inhaled Corticosteroid Response?
Program Director: Melissa King Biggs, MD
Research Mentor: Dennis E. Niewoehner, MD, FCCP
The CHEST Foundation and GlaxoSmithKline Award for Clinical Research in Asthma
Meredith C. McCormack, MD
Johns Hopkins University, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Name of Project: Indoor Particulate Matter and Asthma Morbidity in Pre-School Children
Program Director: Robert A. Wise, MD, FCCP
Research Mentor: Gregory B. Diette, MD
Jonathan P. Parsons, MD
Ohio State University Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Sleep Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
Name of Project: Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction in Athletes Study
Program Director: John G. Mastronarde, MD, FCCP
Research Mentor: John G. Mastronarde, MD, FCCP
The CHEST Foundation and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Award for Clinical Research in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Viktor Hanak, MD
Mayo Clinic Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
Name of Project: Underlying Causes of Usual Interstitial Pneumonia and Correlations with Clinical Outcome
Program Director: Ulrich Specks, MD
Research Mentor: Jay H. Ryu, MD, FCCP
Stephen C. Mathai, MD
Johns Hopkins University, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Name of Project: The Minimal Clinically Important Difference in the Six-Minute-Walk Test for Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Program Director: Robert A. Wise, MD, FCCP
Research Mentor: Albert J. Polito, MD, FCCP