CAMRC Home PageExudation of plasma with resultant fibrin deposition is a commonly early feature of most types of lung injury and often precedes fibrosis, the result of fibroblast invasion into and organization of the fibrin matrix. We study the effects of fibrinogen and fibrin degradation products on lung fibroblast proliferation and expression of cytokines, growth factors, and products which alter matrix deposition. We also explore the signature of phenotypically distinct fibroblast subpopulations in lung fibrosis.
1994-Present. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, UAB
1991-94. Instructor/Fellow, Pediatric Pulmonary, School of Medicine, UAB
1987. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - M.D.
1983. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - B.A.