The PCCSM Division provides a strong and creative research core alongside impressive clinical services. Basic and applied research are the cornerstones of the Division, which is well-known for its cutting edge mechanistic studies in regulation of function and biology of the pulmonary alveolar epithelium. To learn more about our Division’s research, please explore the links on this page, or contact the Fellowship Program Director, Dr. May Lee (maym.lee@med.usc.edu), for more information. Read the DOM Annual Report for the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care here.

USC Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research

USC PCCSM and Hasting Center faculty in front of poster for symposium

The PCCSM Division is proud to collaborate with the Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research (HCPR). Established in 2014, the HCPR is a significant milestone that is developing synergy and aligning resources for the major expansion of basic, translational, and clinical lung research at the University of Southern California. The HCPR complements the work at the multidisciplinary clinical Center for Advanced Lung Disease (CALD) at USC by implementing state-of-the-art bench-to-bedside techniques. The HCPR has greatly expanded and enhanced pulmonary research through targeted faculty recruitments, creation of interdisciplinary research programs and projects, enhanced training and career development, and establishment of the physical and intellectual environment that place pulmonary research under a single umbrella at USC.

  • Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

  • Outcomes in Critical Care

  • Cystic Fibrosis

  • Pulmonary Hypertension and Sleep

  • and more!

Division Research Areas

  • Airway and Alveolar Epithelial Cell Biology

  • Gene Regulation in Lung Injury and Repair

  • Lung Cancer

  • Immunology in Lung Transplantation

  • Pulmonary Fibrosis

 

Program Leadership and Faculty Research

The Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research (HCPR) conducts monthly joint meetings among investigators from various laboratories involved in lung research at USC and, in partnership with the PCCSM Division, hosts bimonthly outside speakers with national and international reputations. Dr. Borok’s studies primarily focus on the function of the alveolar epithelium lining the internal gas exchange surface of the lungs in order to understand how lungs repair themselves.

 

Research Opportunities

Each Fellow is required to complere a research and a QI project.

Many publish during their fellowship.

Many present abstracts at national conferences.