Vanderbilt Small Airways Pathology Research Group
Investigating the “origin story” of small airways disease
Vision Statement
The vision of the Vanderbilt Small Airways Pathology Research Group is to diagnose and treat small airways disease before symptoms develop.
To advance this vision, we maintain a broad research portfolio that includes everything from clinical studies focused on developing novel imaging biomarkers to mechanistic in vitro and in vivo experiments aimed at developing novel therapeutics.
A confocal image of in vitro differentiated COPD cells that were stained for tight junctions in red, goblet cells in green, and nuclei in blue.
A super-resolution image taken in cross-section of differentiated small airway epithelium with lysosomes labelled in red, polymeric immunoglobulin receptor in green, and nuclei in blue.
A live cell image of human bronchial epithelial cells labeled with a mitochondria permeable dye in red, a probe for mitochondrial DNA in green and a probe for nuclear DNA in blue.
Representative images of folate-PEG-Cy5-derived chest fluorescence 4 h after intravenous probe injection in a 12-month-old WT and pIgR−/− mouse.
The first dedicated research X-ray velocimetry machine in North America was installed in Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science.
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VUMC adds X-ray velocimetry scanner to better detect lung dysfunction
The first dedicated research X-ray velocimetry machine in North America was installed in Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science.
Congratulations to Dr. Blackburn for her promotion to Research Assistant Professor!
Dr. Polosukhin and Dr. Richmond received a Department of Defense Impact Award to study pulmonary vascular disease in post-9/11 Veterans
Interested in improving outcomes in patients with small airways diseases?
We are actively recruiting research assistants and postdoctoral fellows.
Our work is supported by funding or donations by:
