Center for Translational Fibrosis Research
Meet the Team

Meet our Experts

Faculty

Zackary I. Cleveland, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Hyperpolarized gases; pulmonary imaging; translational studies; preclinical MRI

Jonathan R. Dillman, MD, MSc

Associate Chief of Research, Department of Radiology
Research Interests
Ultrasound and MRI evaluation of Crohn's disease; ultrasound and MRI detection and measurement of liver fibrosis
Research Interests
Mechanisms of liver injury, immunological tolerance and steatohepatitis

David A. Hildeman, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Molecular factors that control the decision between tolerance and immunity within T lymphocytes; staphylococcal enterotoxins, recombinant vaccinia...

J. Matthew Kofron, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Early vertebrate patterning; germ layer formation

Sean M. Lang, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Appropriate clinical use of echocardiograms; advanced imaging including CMR and CT

Diana M. Lindquist, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Lung development and regeneration; fibroblast function in development, regeneration and fibrosis

Nathan Salomonis, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Bioinformatics; genomics; cancer genomics; single-cell RNA-Seq analysis; alternative splicing; pathway analysis; pathway visualization; pathway...

Amy E. Taylor, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric Autoimmune Liver Disease including Autoimmune Hepatitis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, and Autoimmune Sclerosing Cholangitis

Jean Tkach, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Radiology

Christopher Towe, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Andrew T. Trout, MD

Professor, UC Department of Radiology

Laura L. Walkup, PhD

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

Jason C. Woods, PhD

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

Leadership

Alexander G. Miethke, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Immune mediated liver injury, specifically the role of regulatory T cells in biliary atresia and primary sclerosing cholangitis; genetic basis for...

Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Lung development