Lab News
May, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Tillie Hackett, recipient of the 2025 Killam Teaching Prize!
2024
Congratulations to Kauna for successfully defending her PhD thesis!
2024
Congratulations to Kingsley for successfully defending his PhD thesis!
Aug, 2023
Our lab was featured in the Daily Scan / Providence Health Care website.
June, 2023
Congrats to Aileen Hsieh: her research project presented at ATS was highlighted in the Providence Research Report.
May, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Tillie Hackett for being honoured at the 2022 Faculty of Medicine Academic Gowns and Emeriti Recognition Ceremony, recognizing her promotion to Professorship!
Recent Publications
- Effect of age, COPD severity, and cigarette smoke exposure on bronchial epithelial barrier function. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2025 May 1;328(5):L724-L737.
- Cellular and molecular features of asthma mucus plugs provide clues about their formation and persistence. J Clin Invest. 2025 Mar 17;135(6):e186889.
- Airway remodeling heterogeneity in asthma and its relationship to disease outcomes. Front Physiol. 2023; 14: 1113100.
- Bioengineering lungs: An overview of current methods, requirements, and challenges for constructing scaffolds. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2022; 10: 1011800.
- Arterial remodelling in smokers and in patients with small airway disease and COPD: implications for lung physiology and early origins of pulmonary hypertension. ERJ Open Res. 2022 Dec 5;8(4):00254-2022.
- The relation between age and airway epithelial barrier function. Respir Res. 2022 Mar 3;23(1):43.
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2), Transmembrane Peptidase Serine 2 (TMPRSS2), and Furin Expression Increases in the Lungs of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM): Implications for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infections. J Clin Med. 2022 Jan 31;11(3):777.
- The Role of the Dynamic Lung Extracellular Matrix Environment on Fibroblast Morphology and Inflammation. Cells. 2022 Jan 6;11(2):185.
