Leah Hubbard
e-mail address: hubbardl@umich.edu

Mentor: Beth Moore, PhD

Research Description

Our research investigates bacterial lung infection post-bone marrow transplant (BMT). Currently, I am studying the pathways involved in PGE2 elevation in the lung post-syngeneic BMT, as well as the effect of macrophage origin on phagocytic dysfunction in the lung post-BMT.

Publications

Ballinger M.N., Hubbard L.L., McMillan T.R., Toews G.B., Peters-Golden M., Paine III R., and Moore B.B., Paradoxical Role of Alveolar Macrophage-Derived Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor in Pulmonary Host Defense post-Bone Marrow Transplantation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 2008.

Hubbard, L.L., Ballinger, M.N., Wilke, C.A. and B.B. Moore, Comparison of Conditioning Regimens for Alveolar Macrophage Reconstitution and Innate Immune Function post-Bone Marrow Transplant. Exp Lung Res, In Press.

Abstracts

Hubbard, L.L., Ballinger, M.N., McMillan, T.R., Paine III, R., Peters-Golden, M., Toews, G.B. and B.B. Moore, The Role of GM-CSF in Regulating Host Defense post-Bone Marrow Transplant. American Thoracic Society Conference, Toronto, Canada 2008.