Robert J Homer MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and of Medicine (Pulmonary); Director, Medical Student Course Module; Director of Medical Studies

Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group

Cancer Center, Yale: Thoracic Oncology Program

Skin Diseases Research Center, Yale

Pathology: Surgical Pathology: Thoracic Pathology

Internal Medicine: Occupational & Environmental Lung Diseases Program | Interstitial Lung Disease Program

Research Interests

Lung pathology; Interstitial lung disease; immunopathology; Pathology of animal models of asthma; Pulmonary fibrosis; Acute lung injury; Emphysema more...

Education

• M.D., Yale University, 1987
• Ph.D., Yale University, 1987

Selected Publications

• Homer, R. J., J. A. Elias, C. G. Lee, and E. Herzog. Modern concepts on the role of inflammation in pulmonary fibrosis. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2011;135:780-788.
• Kang, M. J., R. J. Homer, A. Gallo, C. G. Lee, K. A. Crothers, S. J. Cho, C. Rochester, H. Cain, G. Chupp, H.J. Yoon, and J. A. Elias. IL-18 Is Induced and IL-18 Receptor {alpha} Plays a Critical Role in the Pathogenesis of Cigarette Smoke-Induced Pulmonary Emphysema and Inflammation. J Immunol 2007, 178:1948-1959.
• Homer, R. J., Z. Zhu, L. Cohn, C. G. Lee, W. I. White, S. Chen, and J. A. Elias. Differential expression of chitinases identify subsets of murine airway epithelial cells in allergic inflammation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2006, 291:L502-11.

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