Eric Douglas Austin, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Project Title: Sex Hormone Abnormalities in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Angela V. Ghatnekar, PhD
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Department of Rheumatology
Medical University of South Carolina
Project Title: The Role of GATA-6 in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Jason Gien, MD
Assistant Professor Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Project Title: ET-1-Rho-kinase Interactions in the Pathogenesis of Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension

Daniel J. Kass, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York
Project Title: Targeting the MetAP2 Pathway in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Sean E. McLean, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Project Title: Smooth Muscle Cell Related Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Gaurav Choudhary, MD
Staff Cardiologist, Providence VAMC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Project Title: Role of
Endothelin-induced PKC delta activation
in Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
Abstract | Research Page

Hyung J Chun, MD
Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Project Title: Role of the Apelin-APJ Pathway
in Endothelin-1 Signaling and
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Senior Fellow, Center for Bioethics
University Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Project Title: Racial Differences in Responsiveness
to Endothelin Receptor Antagonists
in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Sayyed A Hamidi, MD
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Pulmonary/Critical Care Division
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Project Title: A New Combination Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension:
Bosentan and VIP
Abstract | Research Page

Yabing Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
UAB School of Medicine
Project Title: PAI-1 Regulates Vascular Remodeling in Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension
Abstract | Research Page

Christopher Fiack, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Project Title: Pulmonary Hypertension due to the Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Anna R Hemnes, MD
Clinical Fellow
Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary Care and Critical Care
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Project Title:The Role of Endothelin-1 in Right Ventricular Response to Pressure Overload
Abstract

Jeffrey C Horowitz, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Michigan Health System
Project Title: Regulation of Myofibroblast Resistance to Apoptosis by Endothelin-1
Abstract | Research Page

Joel Glasgow, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Disease
UAB School of Medicine
Project Title: Gene Delivery for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Zhigang Hong, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
Project Title: Endothelin-Induced Increase in Pulmonary Vascular
Smooth Muscle Calcium; The Role of Calcium Channels
Abstract

Peter Oishi, MD
Pediatric Clinical Care Specialist
UCSF School of Medicine
Project Title: Endothelin-1 Reactive Oxygen Species Interactions
in Pulmonary Hypertension