2006 Clinical Research Awards The Alpha-1 Foundation and The CHEST Foundation Clinical Research Award in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AAT)
Eric L. Olson, MD
University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Gainesville, Florida
Research Project: The Role of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin in Modulating Airway Inflammation
Division Director: Mark Brantly, MD
The American Society of Transplantation and The CHEST Foundation Clinical Research Award in Lung Transplantation
Vibha N. Lama, MBBS
University of Michigan Health System, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Research Project: Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Lung Transplantation
Department Chair: Marc Peters-Golden, MD
The Association of Subspecialty Professors and The CHEST Foundation of the ACCP Geriatric Development Research Award
Renee D. Stapleton, MD
Harborview Medical Center, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Seattle, Washington
Research Project: Disease-Specific and Long-term Survival in Older Adults After In-Hospital CPR
Research Mentor: J. Randall Curtis, MD, FCCP
The CHEST Foundation and the LUNGevity Foundation Award for Clinical Research in Lung Cancer
Anil Potti, MD
Duke University Medical Center, Divisions of Hematology/Oncology, Durham, North Carolina
Research Project: A Genomic Strategy to Src Pathway Inhibition in Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Research Mentors: Joseph Nevins, MD and Michael Kelley, MD
The CHEST Foundation Clinical Research Award in Women's Health
Varsha Taskar, MD, FCCP
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
Research Project: Is There a Relationship Between Anxiety, Depression, Peripheral Vascular Disease, and
Hormonal Imbalance Among Women With COPD?
Department Chair: David Coultas, MD
The CHEST Foundation and ALTANA Pharma and Pfizer Award for Clinical Research in COPD
Laura B. Herpel, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Research Project: Sleep-Related Respiratory Physiology and Quality of Care in COPD
Research Mentor: Robert A. Wise, MD, FCCP
Vasantha Samala, MD
Loyola University Medical Center and Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Maywood, Illinois
Research Project: Systemic Inflammation and Mechanisms of Functional Impairment in COPD
Research Mentor: Franco Laghi, MD, FCCP
The CHEST Foundation and Ortho Biotech Clinical Affairs, LLC Clinical Research Trainee Awards in Critical Care
Colin R. Cooke, MD
Harborview Medical Center, The University of Washington Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Seattle, Washington
Research Project: Development of a Novel Severity of Illness Measure in a Population-Based Cohort of
Acute Lung Injury
Research Mentor: Gordon Rubenfeld, MD
Robert Wear, MD
Creighton University School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Omaha, Nebraska
Research Project: Quantitative Surveillance Tracheal Aspirates Dynamics as a Predictor of
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Research Mentor: Lee E. Morrow, MD, FCCP