Beata Kosmider, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Inflammation at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, is researching ways to stimulate certain cells in the lungs to regenerate so they can repair injury and slow the progression of emphysema.
Molecular mechanisms involved in the alveolar epithelial cells response to injury; Cancer cell biology; Protective role of antioxidant defense systems against alveolar cell injury.