Center for Pulmonary Injury, Inflammation, Repair and Therapeutics (CPIRT)
This multidisciplinary Center will be an academic hub and international leader in advancing innovative and cutting-edge basic, translational and clinical research that will further the field's understanding of pulmonary infections and lead to more effective diagnoses and treatments.
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- This multidisciplinary Center will be an academic hub and international leader in advancing innovative and cutting-edge basic, translational and clinical research that will further the field’s understanding of pulmonary infections and lead to more effective diagnoses and treatments.
The Center will initially focus its efforts in both explorative and targeted research relevant to pulmonary infection and immunity in 3 specific areas:
(1) To explore the basic science of key host-microbe molecular and cellular interactions in the lung;
(2) To investigate and define the mechanisms of infections which either cause or exacerbate acute / chronic lung diseases using both basic and translational approaches;
(3) To utilize and develop novel technologies that will make it possible to better diagnose and treat pernicious lung infections.