Research Areas
- Allergy
- Asthma
- Basic Immunology
- Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Immunodeficiency
- Gender:
- Female
Education & Training
Education
- 1999
- Medical University of Lodz, Poland, MD
- 2007
- Medical University of Lodz, Poland, PhD
- 2010
- Medical University of Lodz, Poland, Habilitation degree
Fellowship
- 1999-2002
- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2002-2004
- National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, Postdoctoral Fellowship
Special Interests
Research Interests
My research interest is in signaling and epigenetic mechanisms underlying immune cell activation, growth and differentiation. Abnormalities in these biochemical processes lead to various diseases. My goal is to identify these aberrancies in asthma and immunodeficiency.
Teaching or Professional Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Jewish Health
Affiliations with the University of Colorado Denver
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Professional Memberships
American Association of Immunologists
American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
Awards & Recognition
2012-2014: Faculty Development Investigator Award, Children’s Environmental Health Center, UC Denver and NJH
2011-2014: KL2 Research Scholar Award, Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
2011-2013: Sheldon C. Siegel Investigator Grant Award, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
2010: Junior Faculty Pilot Award, Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
2009: EAACI Annual Meeting, invited speaker and chairman of a symposium
2005-2006: Interest Section Award, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
2000-2002: James W. McLaughlin Award, University of Texas
1998-1999: Ministry of Health Scholarship, Poland
1993-1998: Lodz Medical University Scholarship, Poland
1992-1993: Polish Children Fund Scholarship, Poland
1992, 1993: Laureate, National Undergraduate Chemistry Contest, Poland
Publications
Gorska, M.M., Stafford, S.J., Cen, O., Sur, S., Alam, R. Unc119, a Novel Activator of Lck/Fyn, is Essential for T Cell Activation. J. Exp. Med. 2004, 199:369-379. PMID: 14757743
Gorska, M.M., Cen, O., Liang, Q., Stafford, S.J., Alam, R. Differential regulation of interleukin 5-stimulated signaling pathways by dynamin. J. Biol. Chem. 2006, 281:14429-31449. PMID: 16556602
Gorska, M.M., Stafford, S., Liang, Q., Goplen, N., Dharajiya, N., Guo, L., Sur, S., Gaestel, M., Alam, R. MK2 controls the level of negative feedback in the NFkB pathway and is essential for endothelial permeability and airway inflammation. J. Exp. Med. 2007, 204:1637-1652. PMID: 17576778
Gorska M.M., Goplen, N., Liang Q., Alam R. Uncoordinated 119 preferentially induces Th2 differentiation and promotes the development of asthma. J Immunol., 2010, 184:4488-4496. PMID: 20220094.
Gorska M.M., Alam R. A mutation in the human Uncoordinated 119 gene impairs TCR signaling and is associated with CD4 lymphopenia. Blood. 2011 Dec 19. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22184408
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