Sailaja Ghanta, MD
Sailaja Ghanta, MD, of the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, received a K08 Career Development Award from the National Institute of General Medicine (NIGMS) for her grant proposal, “Role of Autophagy in Mesenchymal Stromal Cells During Sepsis.”
Ghanta investigates the use of mesenchymal stromal cells for the treatment of sepsis and lung injury. Her work is focused on the regulation of the inflammatory response in sepsis and lung injury and taking advantage of this process to develop potential therapies for these diseases.
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