Research
Mary Fuller Russell Research Fund 
Gift to honor mother supports vital research
Margaret L. Fuller and her daughter, Mary Fuller Russell, were actively involved as members of our organization’s Board of Directors from the early 1900s -1979. Margaret’s son, Henry Fuller, also supported what was then known as the New Hampshire Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association.
Margaret Fuller believed in our mission and assisted those afflicted with tuberculosis, and Mary continued her mother’s legacy by spending many more years supporting the activities of the Association. Mary Fuller Russell then made a gift in her mother Margaret’s honor. Part of the proceeds of the gift continues to fund the Mary Fuller Russell Research Fund.
Research Funded by the Mary Fuller Russell Research Fund
Developing Experimental Strategies for Large-Scale Studies of SARS-CoV-2
Sho Iketani, PhD, Columbia Unviversity, 2025 - 2027
How Do CAR-T Cell Therapies Predispose Body to Influenza-Associated Lung Disease?
Ami Patel, PhD, The Wistar Institute, 2025 - 2027
Understanding How a Protein Suppresses Lung Cancer Cells' Ability to Spread
Brittany Allen-Petersen, PhD, Purdue University, 2025 - 2027
Reducing Lung Inflammation Caused by Particulate Matter by Boosting Tet1 Protein Activity
Hong Ji, PhD, University of California Davis, 2024 - 2026
Learning How Lung Cancer Develops in People with COPD
Catherine Rufatto Sears, MD, Indiana University, 2024 - 2026
Abnormal Immune Regulations in Post-Viral Pulmonary Fibrosis
Nicolas Goplen, PhD, Mayo Clinic, 2024 - 2026
Residential Radon, Socioeconomic Opportunity, and Respiratory Outcomes in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Jonathan M. Gaffin, MD, Boston Children's Hospital, 2023 - 2025
Targeting a Novel Mechanism of Immuno-evasion in Lung Cancer
Shiladitya Sengupta, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2023 - 2025
Immunological Imprinting and Cross-reactive Immune Responses in COVID19
Teresa Allende-Aydillo Gomez, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2023 - 2025
Improving Public Health Messages to Reduce COVID-19 Spread in Black and Latinx Communities
Tamra Buns Loeb, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2022 - 2024
Learning About Tissue Stiffness in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Claudia Loebel, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, 2022 - 2024
Inhibiting CD24 May Improve Immune-Based Treatment for Lung Adenocarcinoma
Humam Kadara, PhD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - 2024
Testing Tapeworm Drug Against COVID-19 Virus
Christina Barkauskas, MD, Duke University, 2021 - 2023
Improving Response Rates of Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer
Alfonso Bellacosa, MD, MHS - Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2021 - 2023
Learning Protein's Role in Allergic Asthma Could Lead to New Treatments
Amanda Poholek, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 2021 - 2023