Title
Assistant Professor, Research Track
Department of Pediatrics
Associate Director
University of Iowa Gene Transfer Vector Core

Education
PhD - The University of Iowa

Postgraduate Training
Post-doctoral fellowship – The University of Iowa

Research Interests
Research interests of the our laboratory center around the pathogenesis and treatment of Cystic Fibrosis (CF). The main areas of investigation in the lab are: 1) pulmonary host defense, and 2) gene transfer for the treatment of inherited diseases. Work in the lab is supported by the NIH and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Lab Members
Paul McCray, Jr., Reshma Anthony, Risa Banasik, Carrie Barker, Jennifer Bartlett, Erin Burnight, Hongpeng Jia, Shyam Ramachandran,, Janice Staber, Ping Tan, Chris Wohlford-Lenane

Affiliations
Department of Pediatrics

Model System
In vitro cell culture models
Small and large animal models

Recent Publications