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Brigitte N Gomperts

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Title(s)Professor, Pediatrics
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ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-1809-723X Additional info
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    Title(s)Professor, Medicine


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    University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaMD equivalent12/1993Medicine and Surgery
    Washington University St. Louis, St. Louis, MO06/2000Pediatrics Residency and Chief Residency
    Washington University St. Louis, St. Louis, MO06/2003Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship

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    Validation of an in vitro model of progressive fibrosis that mimics Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
    NIH U01HL153000Feb 15, 2021 - Jan 31, 2025
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Targeting DNA Damage Repair Pathways to Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Replication in the Airways
    Department of Defense PR202868Feb 1, 2021 - Jan 31, 2025
    Role: Principle Investigator
    Description: The goal is to repurpose a drug for COVID-19 by testing toxicity and efficacy in in vitro and in vivo lung smoking models.
    Translational models for drug discovery for IPF
    Three Lakes Foundation CurePF-Translational Models for Pulmonary FibrosisJan 1, 2021 - Jan 1, 2024
    Description: The goal is o develop novel models of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and develop them for drug screening
    Understanding the effects of e-cigarettes on airway epithelial repair and homeostasis
    UCOP-Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program T31IR1637Aug 1, 2020 - Jul 31, 2023
    Description: The goal is to develop an aerosolized toxicity screen to test e-cigarette components to inform FDA regulation of different e-cigarette products
    Burroughs Wellcome Fund 1020030Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 30, 2024
    Increasing our understanding of airway basal stem cells and their function
    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Stem Cell ConsortiumMar 1, 2018 - Feb 28, 2024
    Description: The goal is to understand basal stem cells in healthy and CF airway with a long-term view towards cell therapies.
    Developing a targeted chemoprevention strategy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
    NIH R01CA208303Aug 15, 2016 - Jul 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Development of a High-Throughput Screen for Pre-therapeutic Discovery in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
    NIH R01GM114259Mar 1, 2015 - Feb 28, 2019
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Progenitor Cells in Airway Repair
    NIH R01HL094561Sep 1, 2009 - Jul 31, 2015
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Cytokine Regulation of the Pulmonary Epithelium
    NIH K08HL074229Dec 15, 2004 - Nov 30, 2009
    Role: Principal Investigator
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