Principal Investigator: Lawrence S. (Lance) Prince

Lawrence (Lance) S. Prince, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine.

As a physician scientist, Lance continues to investigate the molecular mechanisms regulating developmental immunology and lung injury and repair. Lance received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from University of Miami, an MD/PhD with a focus in Cell Biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and postdoctoral fellowship, Pediatrics residency, and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship training at the University of Iowa.

Lance’s research interests include the molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling lung development and the maturation of the fetal and neonatal immune systems. He has a particular clinical interest in managing and treating neonatal lung diseases, especially bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in babies born extremely preterm. Lance’s research team focuses primarily on the development of innate immunity during fetal life as it impacts health and disease in preterm infants. The laboratory’s work on macrophage development and lung injury is helping understand why newborns get Group B Streptococcal infections, how early exposures influence lung repair later in life, and the molecular basis for lung disease resilience. Lance has a long and distinguished career mentoring clinical and scientific trainees and students, many of whom have gone on to establish their own successful careers as academic physician investigators.