Pediatric Pulmonary & Vascular Biology Education
The primary teaching activities of Pulmonary and Vascular Biology (PVB) faculty occur at the laboratory bench, where residents, clinical pediatric subspecialty fellows, graduate students, and Ph.D. postdoctoral fellows are trained in pulmonary biology research and vascular biology research.
- In the Krishnan Lab, you can learn the mechanism(s) involved in the development of monocytes and macrophages in neonates and their inflammatory responses during neonatal complications, gaining knowledge that drives the development of targeted novel anti-inflammatory therapies.
- In the Callaway Lab, you can learn how mechanical force impacts lung development. You can also learn how to use temporal and cell-specific mouse models to study individual cellular niche contributions to neonatal lung disease.
- In the Lee Lab, you can learn how to probe the genetics of human cardiovascular disorders to reveal critical mechanisms of disease pathogenesis.
- In the Shaul-Mineo Lab, you can learn how to employ mouse genetics and cell biology and molecular tools to gain insights into endothelial cell biology.
Fellows
To ensure the development of academic physicians and physician-scientists, UT Southwestern established the Physician-Scientist Training Program (PSTP) in Pediatrics (PSTP2). Within this program, candidates train in pediatrics for two years at UT Southwestern and Children's Medical Center. You then enter a pediatric subspecialty fellowship for clinical and research training.