Sarah Holton receives basic science award

Dr. Sarah Holton, acting instructor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) won the 3rd place basic science prize at the National Jewish Health's 20th annual Respiratory Disease Young Investigators' Forum.

She presented: “Identification of pro-fibrotic mononuclear phagocyte subpopulations in cryobiopsies from patients with early Interstitial Lung Disease using spatial transcriptomics.”

The Respiratory Disease Young Investigators’ Forum provides career development and research opportunities for fellows and early career faculty and has been a catalyst for groundbreaking discoveries.

Holton's clinical and research interest is Interstitial Lung Disease, and in particular the balance between lung tissue injury/inflammation, repair, and fibrosis. She uses RNA-seq and high parameter flow cytometry to identify macrophage populations in lung injury and in interstitial lung diseases.