Monica Kraft

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Monica Kraft
Education University of California in San Francisco
Occupation(s) Scientist, medical professor and researcher
Known forAsthma and airway disease cure
Notable workResearch on the mechanisms of inflammation and innate immunity

Monica Kraft is an American scientist, medical professor and researcher. She is the System Chair of the Department of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Health System. She is also the Murray M. Rosenberg Professor of Medicine. [1]

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Kraft is the recipient of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers 2000. [2]

Education

Kraft received her MD from the University of California in San Francisco, and completed her residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.[ citation needed ]

Career

At University of Arizona, Kraft was the Robert and Irene Flinn Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine and Deputy Director of the Asthma and Airways Disease Research Center. At Duke University, she was former Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine; the Charles Johnson Distinguished Professor; and Director of the Asthma, Allergy and Airway Center. [3]

Kraft has also served as director of the Carl and Hazel Felt Laboratory in Adult Asthma Research and as medical director of the pulmonology physiology unit at the National Jewish Health in Denver. [3]

Kraft has served as president of the American Thoracic Society in 2012 and 2013. As of 2022, Kraft is the System Chair of the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. [4]

Research

Kraft specializes in translational asthma research. Her research centers around asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and complex airway disease. The extensive studies done by her and her team on inflammation mechanisms and innate immunity has made contributions to the understanding of airway biology, the development of asthma treatment guidelines, and advancements in precision medicine. She has received a USD 7 million grant from National Institutes of Health for her research to gain understanding of the mediators responsible for regulating lung inflammation and to develop new therapies that can effectively mitigate severe asthma attacks. [5] [6] [7]

Publications

In addition to writing numerous journal articles, Kraft is an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Medicine, and a former Associate Editor of the European Respiratory Journal and the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. [8] [9]

Awards and recognition

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References

  1. ↑ Staff (24 October 2022). "Dr. Monica Kraft Discusses How Asthma Research is Helping Patients". Sea Isle News.
  2. ↑ "The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Program Archive". grants.nih.gov.
  3. 1 2 Staff (25 October 2022). "Introducing Dr. Monica Kraft". OCNJ Daily.
  4. ↑ Staff (16 November 2022). "Monica Kraft Discusses Asthma Symptoms During Pregnancy". Downbeach.
  5. ↑ "$7 Million NIH Grant Aims at Helping Asthma Sufferers Better Control Attacks, Breathe Easier | Department of Medicine". deptmedicine.arizona.edu. August 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ Busse, William W.; Kraft, Monica; Rabe, Klaus F.; Deniz, Yamo; Rowe, Paul J.; Ruddy, Marcella; Castro, Mario (1 August 2021). "Understanding the key issues in the treatment of uncontrolled persistent asthma with type 2 inflammation". European Respiratory Journal. 58 (2). doi:10.1183/13993003.03393-2020. ISSN   0903-1936. PMC   8339540 . PMID   33542055.
  7. ↑ "Behind the bench... with Dr. Monica Kraft, Duke University". www.nhlbi.nih.gov. 28 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Monica Kraft's research and publications". Researchgate.net.
  9. ↑ "Editorial Board: The American Journal of Medicine". www.amjmed.com.
  10. ↑ "The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Program Archive". grants.nih.gov.
  11. ↑ "Dr. Monica Kraft Receives Distinguished Achievement Award from American Thoracic Society". deptmedicine.arizona.edu.
  12. ↑ "Elizabeth A. Rich, MD Award". www.thoracic.org.
  13. ↑ "Monica Kraft - Pulmonary Medicine (Lung) at Mount Sinai - New York". Mount Sinai Health System.
  14. ↑ Staff (26 September 2019). "Monica Kraft, MD, of the University of Arizona Named Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year". Business Wire.


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