Jerry Nick, MD
Principal Investigator
Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
303.398.1579
NickJ@NJHealth.org
Education
University of Washington School of Medicine (Seattle, WA), MD, 1989
Washington State University (Pullman, WA), BS, Biochemistry, Summa Cum Laude, 1985
University of Washington (Seattle, WA), Internal Medicine Residency, 1992
University of Colorado Denver, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, 1997
Background
My research is centered on the study of airway inflammation, infection and host defense. My early studies focused on intracellular signaling pathways that regulate the response of neutrophils to inflammatory stimuli and bacterial pathogens. While initially in the context of ARDS, over the last two decades my primary focus has been the CF airway. In particular, we are interested in the pathophysiology of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in the CF airway, including variability in host response, genetic diversity within the CF population, and sputum-independent markers of NTM. Basic and translation projects in our lab are nearly all linked to clinical trials which test methods to screen for NTM in the CF population, identify features of NTM disease through a diagnostic protocol, test guideline-based response to treatment, and test novel therapeutic approaches.