Cheng, Porteus, Lyell, Conrad appointed faculty scholars

Alan Cheng

Four scientists at the School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital have been selected as Faculty Scholars based on research proposals they submitted. The scientists’ appointments began Sept. 1.

Alan Cheng, MD, assistant professor of otolaryngology, was appointed to a five-year term as the Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine for his proposal, “The role of Wnt signaling in regulating somatic stem cells in the mammalian cochlea.”

Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and of cancer biology, was awarded a five-year term as the Laurie Kraus Lacob Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine for his proposal, “The homologous recombination-based gene therapy for pediatric genetic diseases.”

Deirdre Lyell

Two faculty were selected for three-year terms as Arline and Pete Harman Faculty Scholars: Deirdre Lyell, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, received the award for her proposal, “Placenta accreta: Clinical and translational investigation of mechanisms and prevention,” and Carol Conrad, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, was awarded for her proposal, “Glutathione deficiency promotes oxidative stress and augments neutrophil inflammation in lung transplant recipients: An interventional clinical trial to assess peri-operative treatment with N-acetylcysteine to increase glutathione stores in the allograft.”