Lorraine Ware

Lorraine is the Ralph and Lulu Owen Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Her research has used a comprehensive bench-to-bedside approach to investigate the pathogenesis of ARDS and sepsis-related organ dysfunction with the goal of developing new therapies. Major research contributions have focused on mechanisms of injury to the lung epithelium in ARDS including studies of alveolar epithelial fluid transport and fibrin deposition in the injured alveolus. Lorraine’s group also studies the role of oxidized cell-free hemoglobin in the pathogenesis of ARDS and acute kidney injury in sepsis and critical illness.