David N. Cornfield - Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Professor (by courtesy) of Surgery
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Cornfield's lab addresses several large thematic issues, including: (i) regulation of pulmonary vascular tone; (ii) oxygen sensing in the lung; (iii) biological determinants of preterm labor focusing on myometrial smooth muscle cells; (iv) developmental regulation of barrier function in the lung; and (v) the role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 in lung development.