Multidisciplinary Training Program in Pediatric Lung Diseases
The Multidisciplinary Training Program in Pediatric Lung Diseases is an NHLBI-funded T32 grant that provides support to clinical fellows or postdocs at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia or the University of Pennsylvania interested in pursuing clinical or basic and translational research training.
Trainees may receive up to 3 years of funding to pursue training in the areas of genetic and rare lung diseases; lung injury, repair, and development; asthma, inflammation, and the environment; and respiratory physiology.
Most fellows entering the program will have completed a three-year pediatric residency and the first year of clinical training of the Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship (add link to fellowship page). Eligible candidates also include MD/PhDs, DOs, PhDs, and MDs who have an interest in pursuing research in pediatric lung diseases.
During the training period eligible candidates are encouraged to complete Masters level coursework pursuant to their research focus.
How to apply
Applicants are encouraged to discuss their desire to join the training program with their primary mentor before applying. Please contact one of the Program Directors (Lisa Young, MD or Sharon McGrath-Morrow, MD, MBA) or Program Administrator Devaney Camburn (camburnd@chop.edu) to express interest in being considered for the training program. Additional information about the application process will be shared at that time.
Themes of research and program mentors
Several themes of research are represented below, including but not limited to the following mentors:
Rare Lung Diseases
- Interstitial Lung Disease (Young, Beers, Peranteau)
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (McGrath-Morrow, DeMauro, Lorch, Burris)
- Pulmonary Hypertension (Frank, Kawut)
- Cystic Fibrosis (Kelly, Planet, Ren)
- Genomics (Hakonarson, Grant, Himes)
Lung Injury, Repair, and Development
- Fibrosis (Young, Herbert, Beers)
- Development/Regeneration (Morrisey, Frank, Vaughan, McGrath-Morrow, Zepp)
- Acute Lung Injury/ARDS (Yehya, Meyer, Christie, Poncz, Sengupta)
Asthma, Inflammation, and Environmental Exposures
- Asthma (Bryant-Stephens, Henrickson, Hill, Kenyon, Hakonarson, Himes)
- Environmental Exposure (McGrath-Morrow, Simmons, Penning)
- Inflammation (Herbert, Behrens, Sullivan, Vaughan)
Respiratory Physiology