Announcing the 2019-2020 Kaganov Research Initiative in Pulmonary Medicine and Engineering Grant Awards

The Kaganov Steering Committee and MEDx are pleased to announce the grant winners for the Kaganov Research Initiative. These grants, of up to $150,000, are awarded to teams undertaking research at the interface of pulmonary medicine and engineering to further the understanding of pulmonary disease mechanisms, enhance diagnosis, or create more effective treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other lung diseases.

Congratulations to the Kaganov Research Initiative grant awardees:

Joseph Mammarappallil, M.D., Ph.D. – Department of Radiology
David Carlson, Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Utilization of Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI with Machine Learning to Diagnose Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis


Scott Palmer, M.D., M.H.S. – Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Brent Hoffman, Ph.D. – Department of Biomedical Engineering
Development of a biomaterials-based model airway for the study of lung fibrosis


Yen Rei Yu, M.D. – Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Jennifer West, Ph.D. – Department of Biomedical Engineering
3D Pulmonary Vasculature-on-a-chip for probing Vascular Cell Functions in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis associated Pulmonary Hypertension