Stripp Lab

Goals of the Lung Stem Cell Research Laboratory are to understand mechanisms of normal tissue maintenance and defects associated with acute and chronic lung disease. We integrate basic mechanistic studies in the research laboratory with studies that use patient-derived clinical samples to define novel therapeutic targets with potential to promote lung regeneration and ameliorate or reverse lung disease. Areas of disease focus include acute lung injury resulting from viral infection and chronic lung diseases including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and lung cancer.

The Stripp Laboratory is located within the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine and affiliated with the Women’s Guild Lung Institute, Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute and the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.