Hoshang Unwalla, Ph.D., is a tenured professor and researcher focused on understanding the mechanisms that drive lung comorbidities in people living with HIV, to develop therapeutics to restore or prevent lung function decline.

The Unwalla Lab investigates how HIV proteins, cigarette smoke, and impaired mucociliary clearance contribute to chronic lung disease, including COPD, pulmonary hypertension and pneumonia. His team studies how these factors alter immune responses, accelerate HIV replication, and disrupt mitochondrial homeostasis, leading to chronic inflammation and reduced lung function. His work is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute.

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Lunch will be provided.

This event is part of the Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine Seminar Series.