Tuesday, February 4, 2025 4pm to 6pm
About this Event
Join us for a lecture presented by David A. Schwartz, MD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Immunology, and Associate Dean for Translational Research.
“From Discovery to Insight: Uncovering the Role of MUC5B in Lung Fibrosis”
The Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Lectureship Award is presented annually to two CU Anschutz faculty members in recognition of their extraordinary research accomplishments. The award recipients each present a lecture to the CU Anschutz campus community to showcase their impactful and innovative research. The lecture will be followed by a reception with light snacks.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
David Schwartz is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Immunology and Associate Dean for Translational Research at the University of Colorado. He previously served as the Chair of Medicine at the University of Colorado and the Director of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences at the NIH.
He has made numerous contributions toward understanding the role of the environment and human genome in the development of complex human diseases. These efforts have provided new insights into the genetics, epigenetics and genomics of pulmonary fibrosis, asthma and innate immunity. Dr. Schwartz’s lab was the first to clone the human TLR4 gene and demonstrate that variation in this gene decreased immune responsiveness to endotoxin, enhanced the risk of Gram-negative sepsis and protected individuals from the development of coronary artery disease. In addition, the Schwartz lab demonstrated the importance of locus-specific DNA methylation in the development of allergic airway disease by directing the maturation of T lymphocytes toward a Th2 phenotype. Most recently, his work has led to the recognition that genetic susceptibility—and specifically MUC5B—plays a role in the etiology and pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis, which will be the subject of his lecture.
He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians and the American Clinical and Climatological Association. He is a recipient of the American Thoracic Society Scientific Accomplishment Award and the Amberson Lectureship Award, the Bonfils-Stanton Science and Medicine Award, and the Alton Ochsner Award.
ABOUT THE AWARD
The Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Lectureship Award is presented annually to two CU Anschutz faculty members in recognition of their extraordinary research accomplishments. The award recipients each present a lecture to the CU Anschutz campus community to showcase their impactful and innovative research.
2024 AWARD RECIPIENTS