Office:	BST E1148
	200 Lothrop St
	Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone:	412-692-2211
Fax:	412-692-2260
E-mail:	lhzhang@pitt.edu

Education
	MD, Medical School of Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2003
	PhD; Pharmacology, University of Rochester, NY, 2013

Training
	Postdoctoral, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2022

My laboratory studies lung vascular biology and immuno-pathogenesis of acute lung injury. Our research focuses on the mechanism of respiratory viral-induced lung vascular injury and signals between endothelial cells and immune cells during the innate and adaptive immune response. The SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1-induced acute lung injury models are two major animal models used in the laboratory. We are also interested in lung vascular regeneration and mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in the vasculature. By understanding the mechanisms which regulate the balance between inflammatory injury and regeneration in viral acute lung injury, we will be able to develop new therapies that minimize inflammatory injury, maximize tissue repair and reduce patient mortality.

Developing novel strategies to minimize inflammatory lung injury, maximize lung repair and reduce patient mortality.

Mentoring and training graduate students to be next generation of scientists in lung injury, vascular biology and immunology.

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