Lung Microengineering Lab

Wondering how you can support our @PACCSM medical and scientific community? Join our Pitt Day of Giving! #PittDayofGiving #ThisIsPACCSM 🫶Learn more: pittdayofgiving.com/campaigns/divi… 📲Share with your network 💙💛Support Pitt on Feb. 25 @Pitt_Alumni

Just attended an incredible day at #COPDiNET2024 Symposium! Great insights into genetic susceptibility, innovative treatments, and latest research driving progress in #COPD care. Excited to see how these advancements will shape future for patients. #LungHealth #PulmonaryResearch

I’m excited to be presenting at @nih_nhlbi virtual workshop "Advancing COPD National Action Plan: Progress and Priorities" on Nov 15, 2024! Looking forward to discussing latest advancements in #COPD research and patient care. Join us and register here! nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2024/ad…

Excited to share that I’m now serving as an Associate Editor for @JCI_Insight! Looking forward to contributing to the journal and working with the incredible community of researchers pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery. #JCIInsight #AcademicLeadership #Science

We emphasize the need for #multidisciplinary #bioengineering approaches to accelerate reliable, human-relevant data for regulatory efforts. #Toxicology #Innovation #PublicHealth #RegulatoryScience 3/3 See the full article here: nature.com/articles/s4417…

Excited to share latest article from @BenamLab @PittDeptofMed @PittBioE @PACCSM @PittVMI @PittHealthSci just published in #Communications #Engineering @CommsEng! 🎉 I discuss the challenges and innovations in evaluating the #lung #health #impact of #ENDS like #ecigarettes. 🧵1/3

Our review on e-cigarettes is out in the European Respiratory Journal. It provides a complete overview of the impact of e-cigarettes on the lungs and the clinical/public health implications for those new to e-cig research #ThisIsPACCSM #MedTwitter #PULMTwitter @UPMCnews #COPD @PACCSM @PACCM_fellows @PittDeptofMed @copd_inet @atscommunity @Longfonds

Check out our work on Extracellular Matrix-embedded, Micorvasculature-on-a-Chip (#ECM #MV-#Chip) featured as Inside #Front #Cover in #Advanced #Functional #Materials @AdvSciNews! @BenamLab @PACCSM @PittHealthSci @PittDeptofMed @PittVMI @PittBioE #Quoc #Vo onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

Check out this review by our lab on latest advances in preclinical human-relevant modeling of pulmonary vasculature on-chip! Congrats to #Quoc #Vo! @BenamLab @PACCSM @PACCM_fellows @PittHealthSci @PittDeptofMed @PittVMI @PittBioE nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Our work on #vaping and #HUMITIPAA has just been featured on #UPMC #Physician #Journal! Thankful to all members of @BenamLab, @PittTweet community, and @UPMCPhysicianEd media team. @divayc @FrankS1956 @m_konigshoff @UPMCnews @PittECRI @jessbonfield upmcphysicianresources.com/physician-jour…

Humbled and excited to see our research highlighted in 2023 edition of #Pitt #Annual #Research #Report! @BenamLab @PACCSM @PACCM_fellows @PittHealthSci @PittDeptofMed @PittVMI @PittBioE @UPMCPhysicianEd @PittMedMag @ATS_RCMB @ATS_EOPH @Eickelberg_MD pittresearchannualreport.com/medical-resear…

Thank you @copd_inet @AlionderCPC for organizing such an amazing symposium! It was a privilege to attend and present our work on advancing preclinical efforts in COPD!

1/9 Excited to share another article by our lab published in #Advanced #Functional #Materials! @BenamLab @PACCM @PACCM_fellows @PittDeptofMed @PittVMI @PittHealthSci @PittBioE #pane-pcw-figures" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

Scientists discover mechanisms that could explain high risk of complications from lung infections in Down syndrome medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-s… via @medical_xpress

1/9 Thrilled to see our latest work at @BenamLab @PACCM @PittDeptofMed @PittVMI @PittBioE @PittHealthSci @CrnicInstitute published in @iScience_CP! cell.com/iscience/fullt…

New Pitt study suggests menthol added to vapes worsens lung damage post-gazette.com/news/health/20… via @PittsburghPG

Check out coverage of some of the work in my research team @BenamLab @PittDeptofMed @PACCM @PACCM_fellows @PittHealthSci @PittBioE by #Pitt #Med #Magazne! #ThisIsPACCM. pittmed.pitt.edu/news/vaping-ro…

1/5 Thrilled to share a new paper from my team @BenamLab @PittTweet @PittDeptofMed @PittVMI @PittHealthSci @PittBioE published at @RespiratoryBMC! see respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11….

Congratulations to Dr. Kambez Benam, who recently received tenure as an Associate Professor of Medicine in @PACCM and @PittVMI! 🎉🎉🎉

Interested in application of Organs-on-Chips for modeling lung pathophysiology? Want to know latest development and future directions? register for "Meet the Experts. MTE43. ORGANS-ON-CHIPS FOR THE LUNGS: PAST, CURRENT AND FUTURE" at ATS2023 in DC! abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/10703/s…