Department of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care and
Occupational Medicine Faculty
Medical School:
Kansas University
Residency:
Kansas University
Gary W. Hunninghake, M.D.
Sterba Professor of Medicine
Director, UI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
Dr. Hunninghake's clinical and research interested include the areas of sarcoidosis, asthma, occupational lung disease, and interstitial lung disease. Dr. Hunninghake's basic studies emphasize molecular and cellular biology, virology and second messenger studies.
Dr. Hunninghake is also the Director of the Graduate Program in Translational Biomedical Research and the Director of the Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Lung (NHLBI)
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- American Academy of Allergy
- American Association of Immunologists
- American Association of Physicians
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Board of Pulmonary Diseases
- Board of Allergy and Immunology
- Board of Critical Care Medicine
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American College of Physicians
- American Federation for Clinical Research
- National Councilor, 1982
- President, 1986
- American Society for Clinical Investigation
- American Thoracic Society
- Secretary-Treasurer, 1991-93
- Vice President, 1992-93
- President, 1993-94
- Association of American Physicians
- Central Society for Clinical Research
- President, 1997-1998
- Fleischner Society
- AAIM-Merck Executive Leadership Program, 2004
Faculty Positions:
- Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, 1974-77
- Consultant, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Mayland, 1974-77
- Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, 1977-81
- The University of Iowa College of Medicine, 1981-
Recent Publications
- Thomas, K.W., Monick, M.M., Staber, J.M., Yarovinsky, T.O., Carter, A.B. and Hunninghake, G.W.: RSV Inhibits Apoptosis and Induces NF-kB Activity Through a PI-3K Dependent Pathway. J. Biol. Chem., 277:492-501, 2002.
- Gross, T.J., and Hunninghake, G.W.: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. N. Engl. J. Med., 345(7):517-525, 2001.
- Hunninghake, G.W., Zimmerman, M.B., Schwartz, D., King, T.E., Lynch, J., Hegele, R., Waldron, J., Colby, T., Muller, N., Lynch, D., Galvin J., Gross, B., Hogg, J., Toews, G., Helmers, R., Cooper, J.A.D., Naughman, R., Strange, C., and Millard, M. Utility of a lung biopsy for the diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., 164:193-196, 2001.
- Monick, M.M., Staber, J.M., and Hunninghake, G.W. RSV infection results in activation of various PKC isoforms leading to activation of MAP kinase. J. Immunol . 166(4):2681-2687, 2001.
- Monick, M.D., Carter, A.B., Robeff, P.K., Flaherty, D.M., Peterson, M.W. and Hunninghake, G.W. Lipopolysaccharide activates Akt in human alveolar macrophages resulting in nuclear accumulation and transcriptional activity of b -catenin. J. Immunol. 166:4713-4720, 2001.
- Hunninghake, G.W., Costabol, U., Ando, M., Baughman, R., Cordier, J.F., du Bois, R., Ecklund, A., Kitaichi, M., Lynch, Jl, Rizzato, G., Rose, C., Selroos, O., Semenzato, G., and Sharma, O.P. ATS/ERS/WASOG Statement on Sarcoidosis. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 160:736-755, Eur Respir J. 14:735-737, Sarcoidosis Vasc. Diffuse Lung Dis. 16:149-173, 1999.
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