Celebrating Our Grant Recipients

CHEST Equitable Community Health Impact Grant
Debasree Banerjee, MD, FCCP, Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
Creating Pathways for Sustainable Pulmonary Subspecialty Care for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in Rhode Island: Smoking Cessation and Lung Cancer Screening
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Research Grant in COPD
Andrew Kouri, MD, PhD, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Co-Development and Evaluation of an Evidence-Based Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Action Plan
This grant is supported by AstraZeneca LP.

CHEST Research Grant in Sleep Medicine
Vensa Buntak, MD, Brown University, Providence, RI
Peroneal Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Pregnancy for Restless Legs Syndrome: Tolerance, Adherence, and Barriers to Use
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

John R. Addrizzo, MD, FCCP, Research Grant in Sarcoidosis
Amr Aboelnasr, MD, Cook County Health, Chicago, IL
Investigating Myocardial Blood Flow in Sarcoidosis-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension Using Combined Perfusion-Metabolism Cardiac PET
This grant is supported by CHEST and made possible through the leadership and generosity of Dr. Doreen Addrizzo-Harris, along with contributions from attendees of her 2024 Kentucky Derby event.

CHEST Research Grant in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Diseases/Bronchiectasis
Cesar Cristancho Rojas, MD, MMSc, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Exacerbation Rates and The Impact of Inhaled Antibiotics Therapy in Adults With Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis: A Population-Based Longitudinal Analysis
This grant is supported by CHEST and made possible through the leadership and generosity of Dr. Doreen Addrizzo-Harris, along with contributions from attendees of her 2024 Kentucky Derby event.

CHEST Research Grant in Women's Lung Health Disparities
Claudia Tejera Quesada, MD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Hormonal Fluctuations and Lung Function Variability
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Young Investigator Research Grant
Wigdan Farah, MBBS, MPH, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Impact of Social Drivers of Health on Longitudinal Lung Function Trajectory in Patients With Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry (PRISM) and Restrictive Lung Disease
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST/ALA Guideline Implementation Research Grant for COPD Management
Crystal North, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Community Learning to Eliminate Air Pollution Risk Among People at Risk for COPD: The CLEAR-COPD Study
This grant is supported by CHEST and the American Lung Association (ALA).

CHEST/ALA/ATS Respiratory Health Equity Research Award
John Brems, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Addressing Inequities From Before Medically Advised Discharges After Asthma Exacerbation
The Respiratory Health Equity Research Award is jointly supported by the American Lung Association (ALA), the American Thoracic Society (ATS), and CHEST.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Panagis Galiatsastos, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Lung Health Ambassador Program for the Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux Tribal Community
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Holly Keyt, MD, FCCP, University Health Transplant Institute, San Antonio, TX
The University Health Transplant Institute GLADIATOR Lung Program
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Opeoluwa Olukorede, MD, Worcester RISE for Health, Worcester, MA
Worcester RISE for Health: LTBI
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Jonathan Popler, MD, FCCP, Children’s Physician Group, Atlanta, GA
Camp Trach Me Away Summer Camp
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Dana Wade, MD, Monitor My Health, Inc, Bridgeport, CT
Breathe Easy: Lung Health Explorers Program
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Catherine Kier, MD, FCCP, SUNY-Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Asthma Education for the Community Health Worker Update
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Langston Verdin, MPH, FreshAir Collective, Inc, Milwaukee, WI
Breath of Promise: A One-of-a-Kind Carbon Reduction Mural in Milwaukee
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
John Odackal, MD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Access to Pulmonary Medicine for Patients With Suspected Interstitial Lung Disease
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Matt Siemer, Mobile Care Chicago, Chicago, IL
Asthma Clinical Care and Education for Young Adults
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Aninda Das, MD, MPH, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Connecting the Dots: Can Existing Community Health Workers Be Incorporated in the Screening for Acute Respiratory Infections in Children Aged <5 Years and Asthma in Children Aged 5 to 18 Years?
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Michael Miller, MD, MSc, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Strengthening Respiratory Disease Diagnosis and Linkage to Care Among Rural Rwandan Mineworkers
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous donations from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Lenora Fernandez, MD, FCCP, University of the Philippines, Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines
"Vaping is So Not Cool" Education for Secondary School Students in the Philippines as a Low-Resource Setting Prototype
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous donations from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Fel Angelie Colon, MD, FCC, CHEST Philippine Delegation, Iloilo City, Philippines
Youth Medical Chest Ambassadors
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous donations from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Michael Canarie, MD, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Pediatric Critical Care in Resource Limited Settings
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous donations from our members.

CHEST Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Asefa Mekonnen, MD, FCCP, Rockville Internal Medicine Group, Rockville, MD
Tuberculosis Awareness Program for African Immigrants in the DMV Area
This grant is supported by CHEST and generous donations from our members.

CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Lorriane Odhiambo, PhD, Augusta University, Augusta, GA
Advancing Respiratory Health Equity through Community-Based Efforts for COPD.
This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Katie Stevens, Team Telomere Inc., New York, NY
Effective Education Through Multifaceted Guideline Distribution
This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Matthew Sharpe, MD, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Let's Bike
This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
These grants are supported by the CHEST Foundation.

Valerie Andrews, BS, The JUDAHH Project, Sacramento, CA
Asthma Mitigation Project

Chanda Holsey, DrPh, National Medical Association, Silver Spring, MD
Providing Lung Health Education to At Risk Communities

Arzu Ari, PhD, FCCP, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Training Future Respiratory Care Practitioners in Turkey: A Path to Successful Disease Management in Pulmonary Medicine

Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MPH, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
The Lung Health Ambassador Program: A Health Equity Initiative for Cystic Fibrosis

Patricia George, MD, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
Development of Breathe Strong PH: An Informational Website About Pulmonary Hypertension and Related Diseases

Nishant Gupta, MD, MS, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Global Dissemination of the Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Clinical Practice Guidelines

Syed Naqvi, MD, MBBS, Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, Newport Beach, CA
Asthma Managment in Rural Pakistan

2020 Distinguished Scholar

Deepa Gotur, MD, FCCP
Houston Methodist Hospital – Houston, TX
GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory Health
Title: Cytokine Release in SARS COV2 Viral Illness and Trends of Inflammasome Expression in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Manifestations and Management

This grant is made possible due to the philanthropic support from GlaxoSmithKline.

2020 Research Grantees

2020 Community Impact Grantees

2020 CHEST Foundation COVID-19 Community-based Grants

2019 Distinguished Scholar

Kamran Mahmood, MBBS, FCCP
Duke University – Durham, NC
GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory Health
Title: Lymphocyte Exhaustion Markers in Malignant Pleural Effusions of Lung Cancer

This grant is made possible due to the philanthropic support from GlaxoSmithKline.

2019 Research Grantees

Derek Russell, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham – Birmingham, AL
CHEST Foundation and Alpha-1 Foundation Research Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Title: Neutrophil-elastase Positive Exosomes and Emphysema in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

This grant is jointly supported in by the CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation.

Chris Mosher, MD
Duke University – Durham, NC
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder
Title: Identifying Treatment Outcomes and Early Predictors of Failure in 600 Hospitalized Patients with Acute Exacerbation of COPD Treated with Non‐invasive Ventilation

Kathleen Ramos, MD, MS
University of Washington – Seattle, WA
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Cystic Fibrosis
Title: Underweight Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis and Implications for Lung Transplantation

This grant is supported by Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

James (Jun-Chieh) Tsay, MD
New York University – New York, NY
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer
Title: Effect of the Inflammasone Signaling Pathway on Lung Microbiome and Lung Cancer

Elisa Ignatius, MD, MSc
Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria Diseases
Title: Early Bactericidal Activity of Standard Drugs Used to Treat Mycobacterium avium Complex: A pilot study

Elsje Pienaar, PhD
Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria Diseases
Title: A Computational Bridge Between in vitro MIC and in vivo Efficacy of Antibiotics Against MAC Infection

These nontuberculosis mycobacteria disease grants are supported by Insmed.

Mona Alotaibi, MD
University of California San Diego – La Jolla, CA
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Title: Metabolic Derangements Underlying SSc-PAH

Eric Abston, MD
Trustees of Boston University BUMC – New York, NY
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Title: Noninvasive Quantification of Pulmonary Fibrosis Due to Radiation Induced Lung Injury Using [68Ga]CBP8 Type 1 Collagen Probe

Karthik Suresh, MD
Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Title: Safety and Efficacy of High-Flow Air for Long Term Oxygen Therapy Delivery in Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis

These pulmonary fibrosis grants are supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc and Genentech.

Nicholas Arger, MD
UCSF Medical Center – Los Angeles, CA
John R. Addrizzo MD, FCCP Research Grant in Sarcoidosis
Title: Using Serum Interferon-induced Chemokines to Predict Sarcoidosis Outcomes

Divya Patel, DO
University of Florida – Gainesville, FL
John R. Addrizzo MD, FCCP Research Grant in Sarcoidosis
Title: Pharmacogenetic Predictors of Therapeutic Response to Methotrexate in Patients with Sarcoidosis

These sarcoidosis grants are in honor of John R. Addrizzo, MD and is supported in full by the Addrizzo family, their friends, and the CHEST Foundation.

Sunita Sharma, MD, MPH
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine – Denver, CO
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Severe Asthma
Title: Predictors of Anti-IL-5 Treatment Failure in Severe Asthmatics

Vickram Tejwani, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital – Baltimore, MD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Severe Asthma
Title: Peripheral Immune Cell Landscape in Obese Children with Severe Asthma

These severe asthma grants are supported by AstraZeneca LP.

Sushmita Pamidi, MD, FRCPC, MSc
McGill University – Montreal QC Canada
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Sleep
Title: Maternal Sleep-disordered Breathing in Pregnancy and Risk of Adverse Health Outcomes in Children: A follow-up study of the 3D pregnancy and birth cohort

Irene Telias, MD
St. Michael’s Hospital – Toronto ON Canada
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Sleep
Title: Influence of Sleep-wakefulness Abnormalities on Patient-ventilator Dyssynchrony: A step towards improvement of sleep quality in critically ill patients

These sleep grants are supported by Apria and Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

Mitchell Cahan, MD
UMass Memorial Medical Center – Worcester, MA
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism
Title: A Translational Approach to Understanding Venous Thromboembolism in Post-Surgical Patients Using MicroRNAs in the American Black Bear

Neelima Navuluri, MD, MPH
Duke University Hospital – Durham, NC
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health
Title: Evaluation of Chronic Hypoxemia from Cardiopulmonary Disease Among Patients in Western Kenya and Perspectives on Oxygen Therapy

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

2019 Community Impact Grantees

Dana Hickman, ARNP-C, FNP-BC
Northside Hospital Forsyth – Cumming, GA
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Living with COPD: Empowering individuals, families, and caregivers

Hans Lee, MD, FCCP
Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Uganda Bronchoscopy and Pleuroscopy (UBP) Project

Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS
Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: The Lung Health Ambassador Program

Ann Salvator, MS
Gwinnett Medical Center – Lawrenceville, GA
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Pediatric Asthma Screenings and Education on the Navajo Reservation

Paul Sonenthal, MD
Partners in Health Sierra Leone – Freetown, Sierra Leone
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Improving Critical Care Capacity in Sierra Leone

Tisha Wang, MD
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center – Cincinnati, OH
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: PAP Foundation Education Days: A project to reach patients, caregivers, and physicians

These community impact grants are supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

2018 Distinguished Scholar

Robert Hyzy, MD, FCCP
University of Michigan Hospital – Ann Arbor, Michigan
Eli Lilly and Company Distinguished Scholar in Critical Care Medicine
Title: The Use of Electrical Impedance Tomography to Assess Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

This grant is made possible due to the philanthropic support from Eli Lilly and Company.

2018 Research Grantees

Anna Volerman, MD
University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Severe Asthma
Title: A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of Virtual Teach-to-Goal(TM) Education versus Brief Intervention for Children with Severe Asthma

This grant is supported by AstraZeneca LP.

Ayodeji Adegunsoye, MD, MS
University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Title: Impact of Telomere Length on Pulmonary Fibrosis Clusters across Diverse Racial Cohorts

Justin Oldham, MD, MS
University of California at Davis – Davis, CA
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Title: Plasma biomarkers to predict outcomes and treatment response in patients with pulmonary fibrosis

These pulmonary fibrosis grants are supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc and Genentech.

Jacob Brenner, MD, Ph.D
University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder
Title: Ambulatory cuirass ventilation for relief of exertional dyspnea in severe COPD patients

William Zhang, MD
New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell Medical Center – New York, NY
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder
Title: Pulmonary Iron Overload as a Novel COPD Endotype

These COPD grants are supported by AstraZeneca LP and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Margaret Bublitz, Ph.D
Miriam Hospital – Providence, RI
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health
Title: Sex as a Predictor of Sleep Disordered Breathing and Its Consequences in Pregnancy

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

Tim Morris, MD, FCCP
University of California, San Diego – San Diego, CA
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism
Title: Long-Term Follow-up of Acute Pulmonary Embolism

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

Monica Mukherjee, MD, MPH, FACC, FASE
Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MA
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Title: Exercise Provocation in the Noninvasive Detection of Occult Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Emerging Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

Don Sanders, MD, MS
University of Indiana – Indianapolis, IN
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Cystic Fibrosis
Title: Whole-genome shotgun sequencing of oropharyngeal swabs in infants with CF

This grant is supported by Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

Imran Sulaiman, MD, Ph.D
New York University – New York, NY
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria Diseases
Title: Lower Airway Microbiota Signatures associated with impaired immune response in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium

This grant is supported by Insmed.

Samira Shojaee, MD, MPH, FCCP
Virginia Commonwealth University – Richmond, VA
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer
Title: Extracellular Vesicle miRNA as a Biomarker in Malignant Pleural Effusion

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

2018 Community Impact Grantees

Deborah Haisch, MD
Columbia University Medical Center – New York, NY
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: East African Training Initiative in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Pamela Garrett, CCRN, MN
Gwinnett Medical Center – Lawrenceville, GA
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Breathe Better Gwinnett

Matt Siemer
Mobile Care Chicago – Chicago, IL
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Home Environment Education for Children with Asthma

These community impact grants are supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

2017 Distinguished Scholar

Richard Wunderink, MD, FCCP
Northwestern University – Chicago, Illinois
GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory Health
Title: Etiology of Culture-Negative Severe CAP

Supported by GlaxoSmithKline.

2017 Research Grantees

Diana Crossley, MBChB
University Hospital Birmingham – Birmingham, England
CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation Research Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Title: Functional Magnetic Resonance Lung Imaging using Inhaled Hyperpolarised 129Xenon: A pilot study of the clinical utility in Alpha One Anti-Trypsin Deficiency (AATD).

This grant is jointly supported by the CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation.

Stephen Lapinsky, MBBCh, MS
Mount Sinai Hospital – Toronto, Canada
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health
Title: Mechanical ventilation during pregnancy

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

Kei Suzuki, MD
Boston Medical Center – Boston, Massachusetts
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer
Title: Prognostic Immune Score for Stage I Lung Adenocarcinoma

This grant is supported by Genentech Inc.

Keira Cohen, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital – Baltimore, Maryland
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Title: Harnessing Host Transcriptomics: Development of a Diagnostic Tool to Distinguish M. avium Pulmonary Disease from Colonization

This grant is supported by Insmed.

Sandeep Sahay, MD, FCCP
Houston Methodist Hospital – Houston, Texas
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Title: Alterations of estrogen metabolism in the development of Portopulmonary hypertension

This grant is supported by United Therapeutics Corporation.

Kerri Johannson, MD, MPH
University of Calgary – Alberta, Canada
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Title: Social and Environmental Determinants of Mortality in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Emmet O’Brien, MBBCh
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Title: The E3 Ligase Subunit Fbxo3 Regulates Ubiquitin Proteasome Mediated Skeletal Muscle Atrophy In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

This grant is supported by AstraZeneca LP.

Christopher Pannucci, MD
University of Utah – Salt Lake City, Utah
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism
Title: Fixed versus Weight-Based Enoxaparin Dosing in Thoracic Surgery VATS Patients

This grant is supported by Daiichi Sankyo.

Kathleen Ramos, MD, MS
University of Washington – Seattle, Washington
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Cystic Fibrosis
Title: Lung transplantation in cystic fibrosis: Variability in Lung Allocation Score (LAS) and case-mix of lung disease diagnoses across Lung Transplant Centers in the United States

This grant is supported by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.

Drew Harris, MD
Yale University – New Haven, Connecticut
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Asthma
Title: Utilizing Medical-Legal Partnership to Promote Asthma Health Equity

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

2017 Community Impact Grantees

Sharon Armstead, RRT
Texas State University – San Marcos, Texas
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Texas State Respiratory Care Asthma Clinics in Guyana

Erin Coates
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, St. Louis Chapter – St. Louis, Missouri
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America STL Rescue Program

Geoffrey Dreher, DO
Crozer Keystone Health System – Chester, Pennsylvania
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Assessing the Impact of a Unified Asthma Action Plan in School: A Pilot Study in a DELCO School

J. Scott Ferguson MD, FCCP
University of Wisconsin Madison – Madison, Wisconsin
GAIN NSCLC Summits Community Service Grant
Title: Making GAINs in NSCLC Management

Negin Hajizadeh, MD, MPH
Feinstein Research Institute at Northwell Health – Manhasset, New York
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Controlling asthma in NYC Hispanic communities through educational workshops and the development of Community Asthma Trainers

Thomas Houston, MD
The Breathing Association – Columbus, Ohio
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Lung Health Community Assistance

Adam Silverman, MD
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center – Hartford, Connecticut
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Haitian Pediatric Critical Care Collaborative Training Course

2016 Distinguished Scholar

Don Hayes Jr., MD, FCCP
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory Health
Title: Implications of the Lung Allocation Score in Prioritizing Critically Ill Patients for Lung Transplantation

Supported by GlaxoSmithKline.

2016 Research Grantees

Alice Turner, MBChB, MRCP, PhD
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation Research Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Title: Improving Access to Augmentation: A Propensity-Matching Study Between the UK AATD Registry and AlphaNet

This grant is jointly supported by the CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation.

Robert Busch, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Channing Division of Network Medicine
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Title: Methylation Quantitative Trait Loci: Markers of Race-Specific Disparities in African Americans With COPD

This grant is supported by AstraZeneca.

Clemens Grassberger, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard University
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer
Title: Dynamic FLT-PET as Biomarker for Early Response in Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Patients

This grant is supported by Genentech Inc.

Cristina Russo, MD, PhD
Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital– Rome, Italy
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Title: A Proteomic-Metaproteomic Analysis Approach Allows Identification of Drug Target Candidates for the Future Design of :Preventive, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Strategies Against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Diseases

This grant is supported by Insmed.

Peter Leary, MD, MS
University of Washington
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Title: Expression Profiling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

This grant is supported by Actelion Pharmaceuticals, US, Inc.

Brett Ley, MD
University of California San Francisco
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Title: Extracellular Circulation RNAs as Predictors of Disease Progression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.

Sydney Montesi, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Title: Gadofosveset-Enhanced Lung MRI to Detect Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Disease Activity

This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.

Farbod Rahaghi, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism
Title: CT Scan-Based Markers for Prediction of Outcomes in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

This grant is supported by Daiichi Sankyo.

Catherine Oberg, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health
Title: Effects of Household Air Pollution on Airway Inflammation, Lung Function, and Respiratory Symptoms

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

2016 Community Impact Grantee

Ethel Jane Carter, MD, FCCP
Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: East African Training Initiative (EATI) in Pulmonary Medicine

2016 Networks Challenge Travel Grantees

Debarsee Banerjee, MS, MD
Women’s Health Network

Drew Harris, MD
Occupational and Environmental Health Network

Kerry Hena, MD
Occupational and Environmental Health Network

Amanpreet Kaur, MD
Women’s Health Network

2015 Distinguished Scholar

Ognjen Gajic, MD, FCCP
Eli Lilly and Company Distinguished Scholar in Critical Care Medicine
Title: CERTAIN Rounds: International Collaboration to Improve Critical Care Practice

Supported by Eli Lilly and Company.

2015 Research Grantees

Chiara Rigobello, PhD
University of Padua, Italy
The CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation
Research Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Title: Investigation of Susceptibility Factors in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin
Deficiency: A Whole Exome Approach

Jointly supported by the CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation.

Katrina Steiling, MD, MSc
Boston University School of Medicine
The CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Title: Characterizing Molecular Subphenotypes of Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Debasree Banerjee, MD, MS
Rhode Island Hospital
The CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary
Arterial Hypertension
Title: Sudden Cardiac Death in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension:
The Role of the Sodium Channel

Supported in part by Actelion Pharmaceuticals, US, Inc.

Martina Sterclova, MD, PhD
Thomayer Hospital, Czech Republic
The CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Title: New Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment in Individualization
Considering Outcome Indicators in Patients With Interstitial
Lung Disease

Supported in part by Genentech.

Tetyana Kendzerska, MD
Sunnybrook Research Institute, Canada
The CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung
Health
Title: A Risk Stratification Model for Adult Patients With Obstructive
Sleep Apnea: Development and Evaluation—Cardiovascular
Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Women

Supported in part by AstraZeneca.

Dale Hardy, PhD
Georgia Regents University
The CHEST Diversity Committee Minority Investigator
Research Grant
Title: Racial Disparities in Early Palliative Care Within Sociogeographic
Regions for Elderly Patients With Lung Cancer

Jointly supported by CHEST and AstraZeneca.

Mary Hart, MS, RRT
University of Texas Health Science Center
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring
D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Asthma Boot Camp

Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc
Seed Global Health
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring
D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Strengthening Critical Care Training and Care at Muhimbili
University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania

William Thompson, MD, FCCP
Seed Global Health
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring
D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: Expanding Bronchoscopy Training at Muhimbili Hospital
for Tanzania

Zehra Surani, MS, RRT
It’s Your Life Foundation
CHEST Foundation Community Impact Grant Honoring D.
Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Title: iConquer: Clean Wisely!