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A photo of Raouf Amin.

Raouf S. Amin, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Alister Bates.

Alister Bates, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Airway disease; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); airflow; respiration; obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); tracheomalacia
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A photo of Thomas F. Boat.

Thomas F. Boat, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric respiratory diseases; cystic fibrosis.
A photo of Ronald Bokulic.

Ronald E. Bokulic, DO

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of John Brewington.

John J. Brewington, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cystic fibrosis; CFTR modulators; patient-derived model systems
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A photo of Gregory Burg.

Gregory T. Burg, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Barbara Chini.

Barbara Chini, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Zackary Cleveland.

Zackary I. Cleveland, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Hyperpolarized gases; pulmonary imaging; translational studies; preclinical MRI
A photo of Thomas J. Dye.

Thomas J. Dye, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Alisha S. George.

Alisha S. George, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Complex obstructive sleep apnea; asthma; health disparities
A photo of Theresa Guilbert.

Theresa W. Guilbert, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Early life risk factors, exposures, and environment interactions; early childhood asthma; recurrent wheezing; clinical electronic medical data
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A photo of William D. Hardie.

William D. Hardie, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pulmonary fibrosis
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Patrick Harrison

Patrick Harrison, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cystic fibrosis gene editing and gene therapy
A photo of Don Hayes.

Don Hayes, Jr., MD, MS, MEd, MBA

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Lung immunology; pulmonary infections; biomarker development
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A photo of Rana Herro.

Rana Herro, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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A photo of Christine Heubi.

Christine H. Heubi, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
A photo of Nara Higano.

Nara S. Higano, PhD

Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric and neonatal pulmonary medicine; cardiorespiratory MRI
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A photo of Michelle Hjelm.

Michelle Hjelm, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Mental and behavioral health impacts on pulmonary and sleep disorders
A photo of John Hogenesch.

John Hogenesch, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Erik Hysinger

Erik B. Hysinger, MD, MS

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Aerodigestives disorders; tracheomalacia
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Elizabeth L. Kramer, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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A photo of Gary Lewis McPhail.

Gary Lewis McPhail, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education; pulmonary vascular disease; thoracic insufficiency syndrome
A photo of Nathan Pajor.

Nathan M. Pajor, MD

Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Chronic respiratory failure; machine learning; learning health systems; quality improvement
Marc Ruben

Marc D. Ruben, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Hemant Sawnani.

Hemant Sawnani, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Michael Seid.

Michael Seid, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Health care quality and outcomes
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A photo of Narong Simakajornboon.

Narong Simakajornboon, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Effect of nicotine exposure on the developing brainstem
A photo of Christopher Siracusa.

Christopher Siracusa, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of David Smith.

David F. Smith, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
A photo of Rhonda Szczesniak.

Rhonda D. Szczesniak, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Functional data analysis; longitudinal data analysis; medical monitoring; prediction
A photo of Christopher Towe.

Christopher Towe, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Laura Walkup

Laura L. Walkup, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pulmonary MRI; hyperpolarized gas; translational studies; rare-lung diseases
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Matthew Willmering

Matthew Willmering, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Magnetic resonance imaging; hyperpolarized gas; cardiopulmonary; image reconstruction and analysis
A photo of Jason Woods.

Jason C. Woods, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Hyperpolarized gas; pulmonary MRI; translational studies; image-guided pulmonary interventions
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