ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER

A National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center of Excellence


 

EHSRC Investigator Detail


Caroline L.S. George, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Email: caroline-george@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-7976
EHSRC Role(s): Associate Member, Environmental Lung Disease Research Cluster
  Associate Member, Inflammation and Innate Immunity Research Cluster

Dr. George is a pediatrician whose clinical interests include pediatric respiratory failure, and child abuse in the pediatric intensive care unit.

She has conducted research on chronic lung disease and airway remodeling in relation to endotoxin exposure and asthma.

Recent Publications

  1. Oberley RE, George CL, Snyder JM. A new tool to investigate differences between human SP-A1 and SP-A2. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 May;292(5):L1050-1. Epub 2007 Feb 9. No abstract available.
  2. Foster JJ, Goss KL, George CL, Bangsund PJ, Snyder JM. Galectin-1 in secondary alveolar septae of neonatal mouse lung. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2006 Dec;291(6):L1142-9. Epub 2006 Aug 4.
  3. George CL, White ML, Kulhankova K, Mahajan A, Thorne PS, Snyder JM, Kline JN. Early exposure to a nonhygienic environment alters pulmonary immunity and allergic responses. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2006 Sep;291(3):L512-22. Epub 2006 Mar 23.
  4. Cho SJ, George CL, Snyder JM, Acarregui MJ. Retinoic acid and erythropoietin maintain alveolar development in mice treated with an angiogenesis inhibitor. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2005 Dec;33(6):622-8. Epub 2005 Sep 1.

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