Research & Publications

Research Highlights

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Dr. John Greenland holds a joint appointment at the SFVA and the UCSF Parnassus campus.  His research focuses on the immunology of lung transplant rejection based on airway and peripheral blood samples. 

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Dr. Mehrdad Arjomandi holds a joint appointment at the SFVA and ZSGH whose current research interests examines the effects of ozone exposure on inflammation in the lungs and cardiovascular systems.

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Dr. Daniel Calabrese holds a joint appointment at the SFVA and the UCSF Parnassus campus. He is interested in improving outcomes following lung transplantation. His research focuses on mechanisms of innate immune inflammation within the transplanted lung. Recently, he has been studying the connection between lung tissue hypoxia and immune-mediated injury.

Publication Highlights

Chronic lung allograft dysfunction small airways reveal a lymphocytic inflammation gene signature

Dugger DT, Fung M, Hays SR, Singer JP, Kleinhenz ME, Leard LE, Golden JA, Shah RJ, Lee JS, Deiter F, Greenland NY, Jones KD, Langelier CR, Greenland JR. Chronic lung allograft dysfunction small airways reveal a lymphocytic inflammation gene signature. Am J Transplant., 2021


Guiding Academic Clinician Educators at Research-Intensive Institutions: A Framework for Chairs, Chiefs, and Mentors

Chang A, Schwartz BS, Harleman E, Johnson M, Walter LC, Fernandez A. Guiding Academic Clinician Educators at Research-Intensive Institutions: a Framework for Chairs, Chiefs, and Mentors. J Gen Intern Med. 2021


Lower PDL1, PDL2, and AXL Expression on Lung Myeloid Cells Suggests Inflammatory Bias in Smoking and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Vasudevan S, Vásquez JJ, Chen W, Aguilar-Rodriguez B, Niemi EC, Zeng S, Tamaki W, Nakamura MC, Arjomandi MLower PDL1, PDL2, and AXL Expression on Lung Myeloid Cells Suggests Inflammatory Bias in Smoking and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.  American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology2020


Natural killer cells activated through NKG2D mediate lung ischemia-reperfusion injury

Calabrese DR, Aminian E, Mallavia B, Liu F, Cleary SJ, Aguilar OA, Wang P, Hoover J, Singer JP, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Dugger DT, Nakamura M, Lanier LL, Looney MR, Greenland JRNatural killer cells activated through NKG2D mediate lung ischemia-reperfusion injury. The Journal Of Clinical Investigation2020


Family Meetings on Behalf of Patients with Serious Illness​​​​​​​

Widera E, Anderson WG, Santhosh L, McKee KY, Smith AK, Frank JFamily Meetings on Behalf of Patients with Serious Illness. The New England Journal Of Medicine2020


Dectin-1 genetic deficiency predicts chronic lung allograft dysfunction and death​​​​​​​

Calabrese DR, Wang P, Chong T, Hoover J, Singer JP, Torgerson D, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Dugger D, Christie JD, LTOG investigators , Greenland JR.  Dectin-1 genetic deficiency predicts chronic lung allograft dysfunction and death. JCI Insight, 2019​​​​​​​