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NM NIEHS Center Environmental Lung Disease Core


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P30 ES-012072

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Mission

To understand the basic and clinical aspects of how environmental exposure to toxins affect the development of asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, and lung cancer. and as well as to foster both basic and translational research interactions to understand mechanisms underlying both neoplastic and non-neoplastic lung disease. 

Scope of Research | Leadership & Contact Info | Membership

Scope of Research

The scope of research in this core uses in vitro and in vivo systems involving cell lines, organ cultures, tissue, and biological specimens from well-characterized, cohort populations as well as how these diseases are exacerbated by exposures.

Leadership & Contact Information

Yohannes Tesfaigzi, PhD - Leader
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Phone:  (505)348-9495
Fax:  (505)348-8567
ytesfaigzi@lrri.org

Membership

Yohannes Tesfaigzi, PhD
Research Core Leader
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Phone:  (505)348-9495
Fax:  (505)348-8567
ytesfaigzi@lrri.org

Edward Barrett, PhD
Associate scientist
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Drive SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
ebarrett@lrri.org

Steven Belinsky, PhD
Center Deputy Director
RC2 Coleader

Senior Scientist
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Dr., SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108-5127
sbelinsk@LRRI.org

Susan Boggs*
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Drive SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
sboggs@lrri.org

Richard Crowell, MD
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine – Pulmonary Division
MSC10 5550
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
rcrowell@salud.unm.edu

Kevin Divine, PhD*
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Drive, SE
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
kdivine@lrri.org

Floyd Frost   
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest SE
Albuquerque, NM  87108 

Kevin Harrod, PhD
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
kharrod@lrri.org

Adriana Kajon*
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Drive, SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
akajon@lrri.org

Cindy Knall, PhD
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
cknall@lrri.org

Joe Mauderly, DVM
Vice President
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Dr. SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108-5127

Jacob (Jake) McDonald, PhD*
FC1 Leader
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest SE
Albuquerque, NM 87185
jmcdonald@lrri.org

Janet Oliver, PhD
Professor
Pathology Department
MSC08 4640
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
joliver@salud.unm.edu

Elizabeth Perkett, MD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
MSC10 5590
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
eperkett@salud.unm.edu

Mark Schuyler, MD
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine – Pulmonary Division
MSC10 5550
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-5271
mschuyler@salud.unm.edu

JeanClare (Jinkle) Seagrave, PhD
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Dr. SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
JSeagrav@LRRI.org

Larry Sklar, PhD
FC3 Leader
Professor
Pathology Department
MSC08 4640
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
lsklar@salud.unm.edu

Julie Wilder, PhD
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Drive SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Phone:  (505)348-9526
Fax:  (505)348-4986
jwilder@lrri.org

Bridget Wilson, PhD
Associate Professor
Pathology Department
MSC08 4640
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone:  (505)272-8852
bwilson@salud.unm.edu

Fadi Xu, PhD
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Dr. SE
Albuquerque, NM  87108

* Associate Center Members

New Mexico Center for Environmental Health Sciences.  1 University of New Mexico.  MSC10 5550.  Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
physical address: 2703 Frontier, NE RIB suite 220
phone: 505.272.4289     fax.505.272.2570  
email us     NIEHS Grant #  P30 ES-012072