Current research interests
Proteins must be folded properly to function. If this becomes defective, cells experience stress and respond by clearing away these misfolded proteins for destruction. My lab investigates how the response to this form a cellular stress is important in health and disease. Current projects in our group address a variety of lung diseases including mesothelioma, pulmonary hypertension, and pulmonary fibrosis.

My clinical research focuses on pneumothorax (punctured lungs) and how it can be caused by defective genes or by infections including COVID-19.