Research labs in the Center for Respiratory Biology and Therapeutics are relentlessly working toward finding the next scientific discovery in pediatric respiratory diseases. See the specific areas of research for each of our labs below.
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Crocker Research Program
The Crocker Research Program focuses on how environmental exposures affect respiratory health, and how to use this knowledge to design real-world, equitable and practical interventions for children with asthma.
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Debley Lab
The Debley Lab is engaged in an array of translational research investigating the role of the airway epithelium in childhood asthma.
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DiBlasi Lab
The DiBlasi Lab aims to develop and evaluate inhaled therapies and life-support systems for newborns and children with life-threatening respiratory failure.
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Eldredge Lab
Our mission is to study novel mechanisms of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) pathogenesis. We have three areas of research: development of airway disease in severe BPD; hyperoxia-induced lung injury in vivo (basic mouse model); airway epithelial cell differentiation (mechanistic translational model).
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Laguna Lab
Dr. Laguna’s laboratory is focused on studying infections in the CF airway, using next generation sequencing techniques to identify bacterial and fungal communities that inhabit the lower airways.
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Powell Lab
Defining the clock and the role of rhythms in human airway epithelial function.
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Reeves Lab
Research in the Reeves Lab seeks to better define the tissue microenvironments of the lung related to airway remodeling during injury and repair.