William Calhoun

University of Texas Medical Branch, United States of America

Academic positions:
- Sealy and Smith Distinguished Chair of Internal Medicine
- Vice Chair for Research

Research interests:
- Role of alveolar macrophage in asthma
- Cytokine regulation of airway inflammation in asthma
- Functional genomics in asthma
- Severe asthma
- Glucocorticoid receptor structure and function in asthma

Any other information:
- American Thoracic Society (Member), 06/82-present
- American Academy of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology (Fellow), 2003-present
- American Academy of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology (Member), 1988-2003
- American College of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology (Fellow), 2006-present
- American College of Chest Physicians (Fellow), 01/87-present
- American College of Chest Physicians (Associate), 08/83-12/86
- Central Society for Clinical Research (Member), 12/93-present
- American College of Physicians (Fellow), 09/85-present
- American College of Physicians (Member), 09/81-12/91
- American College of Physicians (Associate), 07/79-08/85
- Pennsylvania Thoracic Society, 09/93-06/05
- Councilor to the Council of Chapter Representatives, American Thoracic Society Representing Wisconsin Thoracic Society, 1987-1992
- American Federation for Clinical Research (Member), 09/86-present

Honors
- Chair, Study Section for SSCOR in Host Defense, Feb 2006
- Ad hoc member, RIBT Study Section 2005-present
- NIH Data Safety Monitoring Board: Study of Acid Reflux in Asthma, 2004-present
- NIH Special Emphasis Panel: Ancillary Studies in Heart, Lung & Blood Disease,  2001-2003
- NIH Special Emphasis Panel "SCOR in Fibrostic Lung Disease", 01/96
- NHLBI-HR-94-21 RFP Special Emphasis Panel “Clinical Centers for Etiology of  Sarcoidosis:  Case Control Study, 01/95
- NIH/NHLBI Study Section, DEA, Asthma and Allergy Center Reviewer (ad hoc), 5/92-present
- NIH/NHLBI Research Training Review Committee (ad hoc), 06/91-present

Ed boards
- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2004-present

83 peer-reviewed journal articles

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Respiratory Disorders > Asthma & Allergic Rhinitis (since 02 October 2007)