Email

farrahk@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Medicine-Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

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

Baylor College of Medicine
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
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Core Faculty

Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID)
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Baylor College of Medicine
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

Languages

Farsi