PHA GRANT AWARDEES
The Aldrighetti Research Award for Young Investigators
2022

Catherine Simpson, M.D
“Compartment-specific kynurenine pathway metabolism in PAH”
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
2020
Vineet Agrawal, M.D.
“TGF-beta Receptor 3 as a Novel Mediator of Endothelial Metabolism in PAH”
Instructor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)
2019
Ke Yuan, Ph.D.
“SDF1 Signaling: A Master Regulator of Mural Cell-Dependent Vascular Remodeling in PAH”
Associate Scientific Researcher and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Pulmonary Medicine
2018

Zhiyu Dai, Ph.D.
“Role of Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition on Vascular Fibrosis in PAH”
Research Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
2017
Nadine Al-Naamani, MD, MS
“Effect of obesity on treatment response in pulmonary arterial hypertension”
Instructor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
2016
Olivier Boucherat, PhD
“Forkhead-box (FOX) transcription factors in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”
Professor, Pneumology
L’Université Laval
PHA Innovation Research Award
2022

Csaba Galambos, M.D., Ph.D.
“The role of bronchial circulation in pulmonary hypertension”
Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Research and Investigator
Pediatric Heart Lung Center
Children’s Hospital Colorado
PHA Pediatric PH Research Award
2022

Paul Critser, M.D., Ph.D.
“Pulmonary vascular development in BPD associated PH”
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Barst Fund Award Winners
2019
Jason Boehme, M.D.
“Pulmonary Vascular Smooth Muscle Metabolic Reprogramming in Congenital Heart Disease”
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
2018
Michael L. O’Byrne, M.D., MSCE
“Multidimensional evaluation of health-related quality of life in pediatric pulmonary hypertension”
London A. Lotarski Pediatric PH Research & Mentoring
Assistant Professor – CE (Pediatrics)
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2016
Meghan Bernier, MD
“LOX-1: A Therapeutic Target for Pulmonary Hypertension in Lung Endothelium”
T32 Research Fellow
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Rachel Hopper, MD
“Comprehensive Analysis of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia”
Attending Physician
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Sheila Krishnan, DO
“Hypoxia-dependent Epigenetic Modifications in the Pulmonary Vasculature”
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow
Indiana University
PHA/ATS Research Fellowship
2019
Rahul Kumar, Ph.D.
“Crosstalk Between Bone Marrow Compartment and Inflamed Lungs in Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension”
Associate Professional Researcher, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center at University of California, San Francisco
Olivier Boucherat, Ph.D.
“Forkhead-box FOX) Transcription Factors in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”
Professor, Pneumology, L’Université Laval
Nadine Al-Naamani, M.D., M.S.
“Effect of obesity on treatment response in pulmonary arterial hypertension”
Instructor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
2018
Soban Umar, M.D.
“miR-125b as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Pulmonary Fibrosis”
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
University of California, Los Angeles
2017

Andrew John Sweatt, MD
“Deep immunophenotyping of pulmonary arterial hypertension by unsupervised machine learning”
Instructor of Medicine
Stanford University
2016
Farbod Rahaghi, MD, PhD
“CT Imaging Markers of Pulmonary Arterial and Venous Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension”
Instructor, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
PHA Proof of Concept Award Winners
2016
Kazuyo Kegan, PhD
“Illuminating AMPK function in crosstalk between Insulin Resistance and Pulmonary Hypertension”
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
PHA/NHLBI Mentored Clinical Scientist Award
2016
John Huetsch, MD
“The Calpain/CaMKII/NHE Signaling Pathway in PAH”
Instructor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University