The Institute for Airway Sciences (IAS) is a collaboration of basic scientists and clinicians dedicated to studying the biology of the airway with the goal of moving innovative science into clinical practice.
The IAS will introduce novel therapies for the management of airway disease by transitioning innovative science into clinical trials. We will positively impact the lives of patients by instituting new therapies for those with disease of the sinus, laryngotracheal airway, and lung. We will find a way to overcome the diseases that heretofore disable our patients.
Directors
Eric M. Genden, MD, Clinical Director, Isidore Friesner Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Charles Powell, MD, Clinical Director, Professor of Medicine and System Division Chief for Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Marek Mlodzik, PhD, Scientific Director, Lillian and Henry M. Stratton Professor and Chair of Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology
Members
Pulmonary Medicine
Hideo Watanabe, MD, PhD
Jamie Hook, MD
Otolaryngology
Ya Wen Chen, PhD
Eric Genden, MD
Mark Courey, MD
Satish Govindaraj, MD
Dermatology
Andrew Ji, MD
Anne Bowcock, PhD
Transplantation
Peter Heeger, PhD
Amir Horowitz, PhD
Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology
Marek Mlodzik, PhD
Allison May, PhD
Timothy Blenkinsop, PhD
Michael Rendl, MD
Sarah Millar, PhD
Elena Ezhkova, PhD
Zhe Ying, PhD
Sergei Sokol, PhD
Ya Wen Chen, PhD
Robert Krauss, PhD
Genetics and Genomics Sciences
Jun Zhu, PhD
Alexander Tsankov, PhD