Research Summary
Dr. Bhattacharya attends at Moffitt Hospital ICU and directs a research laboratory at the Mission Bay Campus focused on the functions of lung macrophages. Ongoing studies are exploring the role of macrophage interactions with other cell types in lung disease models, including lung fibrosis and asthma.
Research Funding
May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2021 - The Regulation of RhoA Activation in Airway Smooth Muscle, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NHLBI, Sponsor Award ID: R01HL131560
September 1, 2012 - June 30, 2017 - IQGAP1 In Vascular Barrier Regulation During Acute Lung Injury, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NHLBI, Sponsor Award ID: K08HL114641
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011 - Regulation of Endothelial Permeability by Integrin alpha-v beta-3, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NHLBI, Sponsor Award ID: F32HL099026
May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2021 - The Regulation of RhoA Activation in Airway Smooth Muscle, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NHLBI, Sponsor Award ID: R01HL131560
Education
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, A.B., 06/1998, Biology and Psychology
Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, M.Sc., 10/1999, Neuroscience
Harvard University, Boston, MA, M.D., 06/2004, Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, Residency, 06/2007, Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, CA, Fellowship, 06/2010, Pulmonary and Critical Care