Directory

Administrative Center
James D. Crapo, MD
Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD
Sara Cummings
Barry J. Make, MD
Serene Rashdi
Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Violet Richardson, PhD
Connor Sohalski
Lori Stepp
Jordan Zach

Executive Committee
Russell P. Bowler, MD, PhD
James D. Crapo, MD
Jeffrey L. Curtis, MD
MeiLan K. Han, MD, MS
Greg Kinney, MPH, PhD
David A. Lynch, MB BCh
Barry J. Make, MD
Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD
Matthew J. Strand, PhD
Kendra A. Young, MSPH, PhD

External Advisory Committee
Gary Anderson, PhD
Eugene R. Bleecker, MD
Harvey O. Coxson, PhD
Ronald G. Crystal, MD
James C. Hogg, MD
Michael A. Province, PhD
Stephen I. Rennard, MD

NHLBI
Christine Cochrane
Thomas Croxton, MD, PhD
Weiniu Gan, PhD
Lisa A. Postow, PhD

COPD Foundation
Elisha Malanga
Jean Wright, MD

Biorepository Visit 1 (Baltimore)
Homayoon Farzadegan, PhD
Akila Hadji

Biorepository Visits 2, 3 & 4 (Boston)
Leanna Farnam Bassett

Data Coordinating Center
Director: Matthew J. Strand, PhD
David Baraghoshi
James Crooks, PhD
Ruthie Knowles, MSW, CCRP
Katherine Pratte, PhD
Carla Wilson, MS

Epidemiology Center
Co-Director: Gregory Kinney, MPH, PhD
Co-Director: Kendra A. Young, MSPH, PhD
Erin E. Austin, PhD
Rebecca Conway
John E. Hokanson, PhD
Danielle Sansone-Poe

Genetic Analysis Center
Director: Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD
Jacqueline Bidinger, MS
Peter J. Castaldi, MD, MSc
Tinashe Chikowore, PhD
Michael H. Cho, MD
Douglas Conrad, MD
Dawn L. DeMeo, MD, MPH
Adel R. El-Boueiz, MD
Zaid Elhusseini, PhD
Marilyn G. Foreman, MD, MS
Arda Hadu, PhD
Nadia N. Hansel, MD, MPH
Craig Hersh, MD, MPH
Wonji Kim, PhD
Woori Kim, PhD
Sharon M. Lutz, MPH, PhD
Merry-Lynn McDonald, PhD
Giulia Menichetti, PhD
Matthew Moll, MD
Melody Morris, PhD
Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos, MD, PhD
Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Ingo Ruczinski, PhD
Emily S. Wan, MD
Xuwen Wang, PhD

Imaging Center
Director: David A. Lynch, MB BCh
Jean-Paul Charbonnier, PhD
Jennifer G. Dy, PhD
Sean B. Fain, PhD
Eric A. Hoffman, PhD
Stephen Humphries, PhD
Alex Kluiber, BS
Rudolfs Latisenko, PhD
Joseph M. Reinhardt, PhD
James Ross, PhD
Raul San Jose Estepar, PhD
Matthew J. Strand, PhD
George R. Washko, MD
Carla Wilson, MS

National Jewish Analysis Group
James D. Crapo, MD
Katerina J. Kechris, PhD
Sonia Leach, PhD
Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD

PFT QA Center
Robert Jensen, PhD

Sequencing and Bioinformatics Center
Director: Michael Cho, MD
Peter J. Castaldi, MD, MSc
Kimberly Glass, PhD
Craig Hersh, MD, MPH
Wonji Kim, PhD
Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD

Ancillary Studies and Publication Committee
Co-Chair: James D. Crapo, MD
Co-Chair: Greg Kinney, MPH, PhD
Surya P. Bhatt, MD
Jessica Bon, MD
Richard Casaburi, PhD, MD
Peter J. Castaldi, MD, MSc
Jeffrey L. Curtis, MD
Dawn L. DeMeo, MD, MPH
Marilyn Foreman, MD
MeiLan K. Han, MD, MS
Craig P. Hersh, MD, MPH
Stephen Humphries, PhD
David A. Lynch, MB BCh
Barry J. Make, MD
Nirupama Putcha, MD, MHS
Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD
Carla Wilson, MS

Death Adjudication Committee
Chair: MeiLan Han, MD
Surya P. Bhatt, MD
Jessica Bon, MD
Wassim Labaki, MD
Barry J. Make, MD
Charlene McEvoy, MD
Chris Mosher, MD
Elizabeth Regan, MD, PhD
Carla Wilson, MS

Age, Race and Gender Working Group
Chair: Dawn L. DeMeo, MD, MPH
Arianne Baldomero, MD
Takis Benos, PhD
Surya P. Bhatt, MD
Russell P. Bowler, MD, PhD
Joe Chiles, MD
Jeffrey L. Curtis, MD
Marilyn G. Foreman, MD, MS
Hirut Gebrekristos, PhD
Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS
Nadia N. Hansel, MD, MPH
Karin F. Hoth, PhD
Victor Kim, MD
Iain R. Konigsberg, PhD
Allison Lambert, MD
Katherine Lowe, MS
Barry J. Make, MD
Amy L. Non, PhD, MPH
Gabriela Oates, PhD
James K. O’Brien MD, MA
Trisha Parekh, DO
Katherine Pratte, PhD
Nirupama Putcha, MD, MHS
Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Carla Wilson, MS
Luciana B. Vargas
Gloria Westney, MD, MS
Amy Wolfe, MD
Kendra Young, MSPH, PhD

Musculoskeletal Working Group
Chair: Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Alessandra Adami, PhD
Amy Attaway, MD
Jessica Bon, MD
Richard Casaburi, PhD, MD
Joe W. Chiles, MD
Srinivasan Dasarathy, MD
Dawn L. DeMeo, MD, MPH
Carolyn Haerr, MD
Chuck Hatt
Stephen Humphries, PhD
Barry J. Make, MD
Merry-Lynn McDonald, PhD
Christopher Mosher
Katherine Pratte, PhD
Alison Rocco
Harry B. Rossiter, PhD
Punam K. Saha, PhD
Raul San Jose Estepar, PhD
George R. Washko, MD
Ava Wilson, MS
Kendra Young, MSPH, PhD
Yu-Hang Zhang
Richard H. Zou, MD

Subtyping Working Group
Co-Chair: Michael H. Cho, MD
Co-Chair: Peter J. Castaldi, MD, MSc
Takis Benos, PhD
Richard Casaburi, PhD, MD
James D. Crapo, MD
Dawn L. DeMeo, MD, MPH
Jennifer G. Dy, PhD
MeiLan K. Han, MD, MS
Lystra P. Hayden, MD
Craig P. Hersh, MD, MPH
Greg Kinney, MPH, PhD
Sharon M. Lutz, MPH, PhD
David A. Lynch, MB BCh
Barry J. Make, MD
Bruce E. Miller, PhD
Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Stephen I. Rennard, MD
Tara Retson, MD, PhD
James Ross, PhD
Raul San Jose Estepar, PhD
Frank Sciurba, MD
Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD
Xavier Soler, MD, PhD
Robert M. Steiner, MD
Edwin JR van Beek, MD, PhD
Emily S. Wan, MD
George R. Washko, MD
Carla Wilson, MS
Kendra Young, MSPH, PhD

Clinical Epidemiology Working Group
Co-Chair: MeiLan K. Han, MD, MS
Co-Chair: Nirupama Putcha, MD, MHS
Antonio Anzueto, MD
Aparna Balasubramanian, MD
Arianne Baldomero, MD
Surya P. Bhatt, MD
Jessica Bon, MD
Aladin Boriek, PhD
Russell P. Bowler, MD, PhD
Richard Casaburi, PhD, MD
Divay Chandra, MD, MSc
Joe Chiles, MD
Michael H. Cho, MD
Douglas Conrad, MD
Jeffrey L. Curtis, MD
Dawn L. DeMeo, MD, MPH
Alejandro A. Diaz, MD, MPH
Ashraf Fawzy, MD, MPH
Auyun Ghosh, MD, MPH
Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS
Nadia N. Hansel, MD, MPH
Lystra P. Hayden, MD
Craig P. Hersh, MD, MPH
John E. Hokanson, MPH, PhD
Karin F. Hoth, PhD
Francine Jacobson, MD, MPH
Greg Kinney, MPH, PhD
Yukiko Kunitomo, MD
Wassim Labaki, MD
David C. LaFon, MD
Allison Lambert, MD
Neil MacIntyre, MD
Barry J. Make, MD
Diego Maselli-Caceres, MD
Meredith C. McCormack, MD MHS
Merry-Lynn McDonald, PhD
Matthew Moll, MD
Trisha Parekh, DO
Allie Pinson, MPH, CPH
Mario Ponce, MD
Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Luz María Sánchez-Romero, MD, MSc, PhD
Frank Sciurba, MD
Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD
Xavier Soler, MD, PhD
Robert M. Steiner, MD
Edwin JR van Beek, MD, PhD
Raymond C. Wade, MD
Emily S. Wan, MD
George R. Washko, MD
Mike Wells, MD
Chris H. Wendt, MD
Pingkun Yan, PhD
Kendra Young, MSPH, PhD
Jeong H. Yun, MD, MPH
Jingzhou Zhang, MD, MPH

Clinical Translation Working Group
Chair: James D. Crapo, MD
Erin E. Austin, PhD
David Baraghoshi, MSTAT
Russell P. Bowler, MD, PhD
Peter J. Castaldi, MD, MSc
Rebecca Conway, PhD
John E. Hokanson, MPH, PhD
Stephen Humphries, PhD
Greg Kinney, MPH, PhD
Katherine E. Lowe, MSc
David A. Lynch, MB BCh
Barry J. Make, MD
Katherine A. Pratt, PhD
Margaret Ragland, MD
Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Nicole Richmond, MPH
Danielle Sansone-Poe, MS
Xavier Soler, MD, PhD
Matthew J. Strand, PhD
Kendra Young, MSPH, PhD

Race, Spirometry and Census Data Working Group
Chair: Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Hannatu Amaza, MA
Aparna Balasubramanian, MD
Adrienne Baldomero
Takis Benos, PhD
Surya P. Bhatt, MD
Richard Casaburi, PhD, MD
Douglas Conrad, MD
James Crooks, PhD
Jeffrey L. Curtis, MD
Dawn L. DeMeo, MD, MPH
Alejandro A. Diaz, MD, MPH
Marilyn G. Foreman, MD, MS
Spyridon Fortis, MD
MeiLan Han, MD, MS
Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS
Nadia N. Hansel, MD, MPH
Karin F. Hoth, PhD
Julia Kallet
Greg Kinney, MPH, PhD
Katherine Lowe, MS
Melissa Lowe
Barry J. Make, MD
A. James Mamary, MD
Meredith McCormack, MD
Amy L. Non, PhD, MPH
Gabriela Oates, PhD
James O’Brien, MD
Trisha Parekh, DO
Nirupama Putcha, MD, MHS
Gloria Westney, MD, MS
Carla Wilson, MS
Robert A. Wise, MD
Amy Wolfe, MD
Kendra Young, MSPH, PhD

Systems Biology Working Group
Co-Chair: Russell Bowler, MD, PhD
Co-Chair: Abby Saferali, PhD
Erin E. Austin, PhD
Takis Benos, PhD
Jacqueline Bidinger, MS
Peter J. Castaldi, MD, MSc
Joe W. Chiles, MD
Michael H. Cho, MD
Bina Choi
Douglas Conrad, MD
James D. Crapo, MD
Sara Cummings
Jeffrey L. Curtis, MD
Dawn L. DeMeo, MD, MPH
Luciana De Brito Vargas
Marilyn G. Foreman, MD, MS
Claire Guo
Arnav Gupta, MD
Craig Hersh, MD, MPH
Karin F. Hoth, PhD
Katerina J. Kechris, PhD
Wonji Kim
Iain R. Konigsberg, PhD
Leslie Lange
Kaleen Lavin, PhD
Sharon M. Lutz, MPH, PhD
Matthew Moll, MD
Jarrett Morrow, PhD
Giulia Muzio, PhD
Alexa Pragman
Katherine Pratte, PhD
Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Ingo Ruczinski, PhD
Joosun Shin
Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD
Emily S. Wan, MD
Xu-Wen Wang, MD
Chris H. Wendt, MD
Kendra A. Young, MSPH, PhD

Imaging Working Group
Co-Chairs:
Stephen M Humphries, PhD
David A Lynch, MB BCh
Raul San Jose Estépar, PhD
Ehsan Abadi, PhD
Hira Awan
David Baraghoshi, MS
Surya Bhatt, MD
Sandeep Bodduluri, PhD
Jean-Paul Charbonnier, PhD
Dawn DeMeo, MD, MPH
Sean Fain, PhD
Craig Galban, PhD
MeiLan Han, MD
Charles Hatt, PhD
Eric Hoffman, PhD
Albert Hsiao, MD PhD
Francine L Jacobson, MD, MPH
Philip F Judy, PhD
Edward Khokhlovich, MS
Seth Kligerman, MD
Alexander Kluiber
Rudolfs Latisenko, PhD
Camila Lopes-Ramos, MD
Mark Meadowcroft, PhD
P Hrudaya Nath, MD
John D Newell, MD
Debby Ngo, MD
Maen Obeidat, PhD
Eva Pertot, PhD
Sundar Ram, PhD
Elizabeth Regan, MD PhD
Joseph M Reinhardt, PhD
James Ross, PhD
Jered Sieren, MHA
Jessica C Sieren, PhD
Robert M. Steiner, MD
Matthew Strand PhD
Juerg Tschirren, PhD
Eva van Rikxoort, PhD
Edwin van Beek, MD, PhD, MEd
Bram van Ginneken, PhD
Brian Vestal, PhD
Carla Wilson, MS

Social and Behavioral Sciences Working Group
Chair: Karin F. Hoth, PhD
Surya P. Bhatt, MD
Jessica Bon, MD
Sara Cummings
Annika Czizik
Dawn L. DeMeo, MD, MPH
Michelle Eakin, PhD
Jess G. Fiedorowicz, MD, PhD
Marilyn G. Foreman, MD, MS
Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS
Ben Henkle, MD, MPH
Kristen Holm, PhD, MPH
Karin F. Hoth, PhD
Anand Iyer, MD
Greg Kinney, MPH, PhD
Ken M. Kunisaki, MD, MS
Katherine Lowe, MS
Barry J. Make, MD
Merry-Lynn McDonald, PhD
Charlene McEvoy, MD, MPH
Gabriela Oates, PhD
Trisha Parekh, DO
Elizabeth A. Regan, MD, PhD
Camille Robichaux
Gen Shinozaki, MD
Hilary Strollo, DO
Chris H. Wendt, MD
Robert A. Wise, MD
Barbara Yawn, MD
Abebaw Yohannes, PhD
Richard H. Zou, MD

Baylor College of Medicine
Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS
Mustafa Atik, MD, CCRP
Laura Bertrand, RN, RPFT
Aladin Boriek, PhD
Thomas Monaco, MD
Dharani Narendra, MD
Francesca Polverino, MD, PhD
Veronica V. Lenge de Rosen, MD
Paula Sierra Salas, MD
Tianshi David Wu, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dawn L. DeMeo, MD, MPH
Craig P. Hersh, MD, MPH
Alejandro A. Diaz, MD, MPH
Staci M. Gagne, MD
Francine L. Jacobson, MD, MPH
Kathryn Marentette
George R. Washko, MD
Seth Wilson
Jeong H. Yun, MD, MPH

Columbia Univ. Medical Center
R. Graham Barr, MD, DrPH
John H.M. Austin, MD
Maria Lorena Gomez Blum
Belinda M. D’Souza, MD
Emilay Florez
Valeria Lopez
Wanda Pecheco
Byron Thomashow, MD

Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Chris H. Wendt, MD
Arianne Baldomero, MD
Miranda Hassler
Ken M. Kunisaki, MD, MS
David MacDonald, MD

Minnesota HealthPartners – Twin Cities
Charlene McEvoy, MD, MPH
Nell Adams, MPH
Barbara Heinz
Jonathan Phelan, MD
Cheryl Sasse

Morehouse School of Medicine
Eric L. Flenaugh, MD, FCCP
Judith Delancy
Marilyn G. Foreman, MD, MS
Hirut Gebrekristos, PhD
Willi Howell
Dominique Lawson
Mario Ponce, MD
Gloria Westney, MD, MS

National Jewish Health
Russell P. Bowler, MD, PhD
Sophia Addi
Elena Engel
Jay Finigan, MD
Claire Guo
Seth Kligerman, MD
David A. Lynch, MB BCh
Lisa Ruvuna, MD

Reliant Medical Group (Fallon)
Richard Rosiello, MD
Jean Champagne RT
Mary Charpentier
Theodore Girard, RN
Jon Jaksha MD
Diane Kirk, RN
Laurie Kuck RT
Mohammed Quraishi, MD
Lucia Sears, RN

Temple University
Gerard J. Criner, MD
Elise Cortese
Chandra Dass, MD
Laurie Jameson
Nathaniel Marchetti, DO
Francine McGonagle
Lauren Miller
Kim Selwood, RN, BSN
Kartik Shenoy, MD
Regina Sheridan
Shubhra Srivastava-Malhotra

Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
Surya P. Bhatt, MD
William C. Bailey, MD
Sandeep Bodduluri, PhD
Joe W. Chiles, MD
Mark T. Dransfield, MD
Scott Grumley, MD
Sonya Hardy
Anand Iyer, MD
David C. LaFon, MD
Padma Manapragada, MD
Merry-Lynn McDonald, PhD
Hrudaya Nath, MD
Gabriela Oates, PhD
Satinder P. Singh, MD, FCCP
Raymond C. Wade, MD
Mike Wells, MD
Abigail West

Univ. of California, San Diego
Douglas Conrad, MD
Jeffrey Barry, MD
Marissa Gil
Albert Hsiao, MD, PhD
Amber Martineau
Jenna Mielke
Gabriel Querido
Xavier Soler, MD, PhD
Rajat Suri, MD
Sean Swenson
Angela Wang, MD
Andrew Yen, MD

University of Iowa
Alejandro Comellas, MD
Eric Bruening
Sidney Davis
Nick Feeley
Spyridon Fortis, MD
Devon Foster
Eric Garcia
Kaitlyn Glosser
Karin F. Hoth, PhD
Justin D. Kuhn, RRT
Archana Laroia, MD
Changhyun Lee, MD, PhD
Jeni Michelson
Kim Sprenger, RN, BS
Katelyn Wilensky
University of Iowa
Alejandro Comellas, MD
Eric Bruening
Sidney Davis
Nick Feeley
Spyridon Fortis, MD
Devon Foster
Eric Garcia
Kaitlyn Glosser
Karin F. Hoth, PhD
Justin D. Kuhn, RRT
Archana Laroia, MD
Changhyun Lee, MD, PhD
Jeni Michelson
Kim Sprenger, RN, BS
Katelyn Wilensky

University of Michigan
MeiLan K. Han, MD, MS
Gretchen Bautista
Jeffrey L. Curtis, MD
Crystal Cutlip
Craig J. Galban, PhD
Jaide Hawn
Ella Kazerooni, MD, MS
Wassim Labaki, MD
Lisa McCloskey
Kelly Rysso
Liujian Zhao

University of Minnesota
Joanne Billings, MD, MPH
Tadashi L. Allen, MD
Mary P. Bailey, RRT
Anne Duesterbeck
Nate Gaeckle, MD
Brooke Noren, RN
Kyong Yun

University of Pittsburgh
Frank Sciurba, MD
Daniel Arminavage
P. Takis Benos, PhD
Jessica Bon, MD
Divay Chandra, MD, MSc
Paula Consolaro, CCRC
Tiffany Ditter
Jason Duin, MA
Robert Gregg, PhD
Chad Karoleski, BA
Zehavit Kirshenboim
Rhonda Lincoln

University of Texas, Health San Antonio
Antonio Anzueto, MD
Sandra G. Adams, MD
Diego Maselli-Caceres, MD
Mario E. Ruiz, MD