Transpulmonary metabolomics paper published

Congratulations Michael Lee along with collaborators Thais Menezes and Rudolf Oliveira (Federal University of Sao Paulo) and Julie Reisz (Univ of Colorado) for publishing a manuscript in JCI-Insight on the transpulmonary metabolomics in connective tissue disease pulmonary hypertension.

Pulmonary Hypertension Cohort Study in a Schistosomiasis Endemic Region Published

Congratulations to our collaborator Dr. Ricardo Corrêa at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil on publishing a retrospective cohort study from his center which includes many schistosomiasis pulmonary hypertension patients, finding a similar prognosis to other etiologies, and worse...

Effect of high altitude on congenital heart disease paper published

Congratulations to our collaborators Drs. Alexandra Heath and Inge von Alvensleben in La Paz, Bolivia, for publishing their observations of an apparent protective effect of living at high elevation against developing pulmonary vascular pathology due to congenital heart disease. https://pubmed.ncbi...

Interview with University of Colorado Department of Medicine

I had the opportunity to think back to my experiences and promote the outstanding work currently being done at the University of Colorado and UCSF through an interview with the CU Department of Medicine. https://news.cuanschutz.edu/department-of-medicine/pulmonology-global-research-critical-care

Schistosomiasis-PH Systematic Review Published

Congratulations to our collaborator Dr. Camila Loureira in Salvador, Brazil for publication of her systematic review on the clinical and hemodynamic presentation of schistosomiasis pulmonary hypertension, finding similar characteristics to other forms of PH. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...

Review of skeletal muscle pathology in PH published

Congratulations to our collaborators Dr. Thais Menezes and Rudolf Oliveira at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, on publishing their review on skeletal muscle pathology in pulmonary hypertension, aligned with our collaborative interest in exercise physiology in PH. https://pubmed.ncbi....

PVRI Conference Presentations

At the 2025 Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI) Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, our group presented 2 posters. The first is an interim report and first results of our recruitment of schistosomiasis pulmonary hypertension and schistosomiasis hepatosplenic disease patients at 4 centers...

Monocytes, Macrophages and Hypoxia Pulmonary Hypertension Paper Published

Congratulations to Rahul Kumar, first author of a paper published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation studying the role of monocytes and macrophages in hypoxia and high altitude-induced pulmonary hypertension. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39883518/

T cells in Schistosomiasis-PH paper published

Dara Fonseca Balladares is the first author of a manuscript studying the location-specific roles of CD4 T cells in schistosomiasis-induced pulmonary hypertension. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39273153/

Interstitial macrophages in PH papers published

In close collaboration with colleagues at the University of Colorado, we published 2 papers in Frontiers in Immunology characterizing the interstitial macrophage populations in schistosomiasis (first author Rahul Kumar-UCSF) and hypoxia (first author Sushil Kumar-Univ of Colorado) pulmonary...