The American Thoracic Society is pleased to announce the 2021-22 Research Program Awardees. The ATS Research Program bolsters early-stage investigators as they strive to launch independent research careers dedicated to innovation in patient care. Since its establishment in 2004, the ATS Research Program has awarded over $21.9 million in research grants to deserving investigators in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.

The ATS Research Program partners with other nonprofit organizations and pharmaceutical companies to maximize the number of grants it can support. The ATS reviews all grants and assumes all costs associated with administrating the grants. The support of Society members, donors, and partners makes these awards possible.

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ALA/ATS/CHEST FOUNDATION RESPIRATORY HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH AWARD

Ayobami Akenroye, MBChB, MPH
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Metabolomic Profiles of Patients with Severe Asthma on Inhaled Corticosteroids and on Omalizumab

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ALA/ATS/CHEST FOUNDATION RESPIRATORY HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH AWARD

Matthew Triplette, MD, MPH
Assisting in Smoking Cessation and Lung Cancer Screening in Indigenous People in Seattle (ASSIST)

 

 

 

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ATS/COPD FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANT

Shivani Singh, MD, PhD
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Role of Lower Airway Microbiome in Bronchiectasis Patients with NTM Infection

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ATS/FOUNDATION FOR SARCOIDOSIS RESEARCH GRANT

Auyon Ghosh, MD, MPH
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Gene Expression Signatures of Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis

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ATS NURSING RESEARCH AWARD

Heidi Lindroth, PhD, RN
Mayo Clinic
Harnessing the Power of Technology to Transform Delirium Severity Measurement in the ICU

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ATS DIVERSITY GRANT

Edwin Nuwagira, MMed
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Improving Pulmonary Function after Tuberculosis in Uganda (IMPACT-U)

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ATS UNRESTRICTED GRANT IN CRITICAL CARE

Deepshikha Ashana, MD
Duke University
Racial Disparities in Emotion-Handling in the ICU

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ATS UNRESTRICTED GRANT IN SLEEP

Mohammad Badran, PhD
University of Missouri
Effects of Intermittent Hypoxia on Coronary Artery Function in PAI-1 Transgenic Mice

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ATS UNRESTRICTED GRANT IN CRITICAL CARE

Elias Baedorf Kassis, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Harvard Medical School
Reverse Triggering Dyssynchrony Frequency, Biomarkers and Outcomes in ARDS

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ATS UNRESTRICTED GRANT IN PULMONARY

Hasina Outtz Reed, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Lymphatic Dysfunction in the Pathogenesis of Emphysema

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ATS UNRESTRICTED GRANT IN PULMONARY

Andrew Prigge, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
The Role of Regulatory T cells in Juvenile Influenza Pneumonia

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CHEST FOUNDATION AND AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY RESEARCH GRANT IN COVID-19 AND DIVERSITY

Navitha Ramesh, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Improving Lung Health in the Nepali-Bhutanese Refugee Community in Harrisburg, PA

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CHEST FOUNDATION AND AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY RESEARCH GRANT IN COVID-19 AND DIVERSITY

Inderjit Singh, MBChB, BMedSci
Yale University
Dynamic Invasive Hemodynamic, Echocardiographic, and Plasma Biomarker Phenotyping in Post-COVID-19 Long Hauler Syndrome

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