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Timothy Scott Blackwell, M.D.

  • Ralph and Lulu Owen Professor of Medicine (Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine)
  • Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Director, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Phone

615-343-4761

Email

timothy.blackwell@vumc.org
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1161 21st Ave. S
Suite T-1218 MCN
Nashville, TN 37232-2650

Timothy Scott Blackwell, M.D.

  • Ralph and Lulu Owen Professor of Medicine (Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine)
  • Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Director, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

615-343-4761

timothy.blackwell@vumc.org

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1161 21st Ave. S
Suite T-1218 MCN
Nashville, TN 37232-2650

Profile

Education

  • M.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama (1988)
  • B.A., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (1983)

Postgraduate Training

  • Fellowship - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1992
  • Residency - Washington University Medical Center, 1991
  • Internship - Washington University Medical Center, 1989

Research Emphasis

NF-kappaB,Lung,Inflammation,Fibrosis,Transgenic,Epithelial cells,Macrophages

Research Description

My laboratory investigates lung inflamamtion/injury, remodeling, fibrosis, and development of lung cancer. Lung inflammation is important for host defense functions but can contribute to tissue injury when the inflammation is excessive or dysregulated. By studying the NF-kB transcription pathway, we hope to better understand factors that control lung inflammation, injury, and host defense. We are also interested in the basic mechanisms that lead to normal lung repair or fibrosis following injury and mechanisms by which chronic inflammation alters the lung microenvironment in a pro-tumorigenic manner.

Publications

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