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Email

farrahk@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Medicine-Pulmonary
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Houston, TX, US

Nancy Chang, Ph.D. Endowed Professorship for the Biology of Inflammation Center

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Houston, Texas, United States

Staff Physician

Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Michael E. DeBakey VAMC
Houston, Texas, United States

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Houston, Texas, United States

Core Faculty

Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID)
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
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Houston, Texas, United States

Education

Advanced Training from Stanford University

01/1998 - Stanford, CA, United States

Advanced Training from University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine

01/1995 - San Francisco, CA, United States

Advanced Training from University Of Minnesota Affiliate Hospitals

01/1992 - Minneapolis, MN, United States

M.D. from George Washington University School Of Medicine & Health Science

01/1989 - Washington, DC, United States

M.S. from George Washington University

01/1985 - Washington, DC, United States

Professional Interests

• Immune cells and lung disease
• Matrix metalloproteinases
• Cytokine function

Websites

Funding

Th1 and Th17 Mediators in Experimental Emphysema
#R01HL117181

Grant funding from NHLBI

Ancillary T Cell Based Studies in SPIROMICS
#R01HL110883

Grant funding from NHLBI

Innate and Acquired Immune Responses in Human COPD
#I01CX000104

Grant funding from VA-ORD

Enhancement of Immune Memory Response to Respiratory to Infection

Grant funding from Department of Defense

Fungal Pathogenesis of Moderate to Severe Asthma
#R01AI135803

Grant funding from NIAID

CMA: Pulmonary and Systemic Effects of Deployment Related Particulate Matter Exposures
#I01BX004633

Grant funding from VA-ORD

Languages

Farsi