Previously Funded Research
For more information about RHA’s involvement in research, contact Rachael Morkunas, Program Director, via email at rmorkunas@resphealth.org or by phone at (312) 628-0233.
We are proud to honor all Research Award Winners throughout history. Browse the full list or explore the interactive map to see the communites and institutions they represent.
Research Award Winners Map
Research Award Winners
2023-2024
Diego Avella Patino, MD – Northwestern
Improving immunotherapy for lung cancer
Chien-Ching Li – Rush University
Jing Liu, PhD – University of Illinois Chicago
2022-2023
Julian Solway, MD – University of Chicago Medicine
Kayla Goliwas, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Medicine: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care
2021-2022
Maria Lucia Madariaga – University of Chicago Medicine
Comprehensive metabolic profiling of non-small cell lung cancer in vivo and ex vivo
2020-2021
Paul Reyfman – Northwestern
Single-Cell Transciptomic Analysis of Nasal Epithelium in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Marquita Lewis-Thames – Northwestern
A community-engaged and patient-centered approach to understanding the implementation of post-treatment survivorship care planning for rural lung cancer survivors
2019-2020
Laura Frye, MD – University of Chicago Medicine
Regional Pathologic and Metagenomic Heterogenity in IPF (ACL) cells
Maurizio Bocchetta, PhD – Loyola University Medical Center
Role of deubiquitinase OTUD6B isoforms in cell cycle progression and survival of Adenocarcinoma of the lung (ACL) cells
2018-2019
Robert Hamanaka PhD – University of Chicago
Metabolic Regulation of Myofibroblast Differentiation
Guofei Zhou, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Targeting PDLIM5 for Lung Cancer
2017-2018
A. Christine Argento – Northwestern
Comparison of Transbronchial, Cryoprobe and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Kevin Haas – University of Illinois Chicago
Timeliness Measures of Lung-RADS 3 and Lung-RADS 4 in an Urban Minority Based Lung Cancer Screening Program
2016-2018
Bria Coates – Northwestern
Role of NOD-‐like receptor proteins in juvenile influenza A virus infection
Ana Lam – Northwestern
Wnt/beta-catenin signaling impacts macrophage differentiation in persistence of pulmonary fibrosis
Gye Park – University of Illinois Chicago
Macrophage Regulation of Lung Cancer Progression
2013-2014
LT Angela DiCarlo-Meacham, MC, USN, MD – U.S. Naval Hospital, Okinawa
Exercise During Pregnancy and Prevention of Dyspnea of Pregnancy