WisBusiness: Marquette University: Biomedical engineering professor receives NIH grant to study acute respiratory distress syndrome

Dr. Said Audi, professor in the Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded a grant worth $558,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Funding for “Experimental and Computational Investigation of NOX4-Dependent Mechanisms in ARDS Susceptibility” comes from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for two years of research.

“Acute respiratory distress syndrome accounts for 75,000 deaths, 3.6 million hospital days, and more than $5 billion in healthcare costs in the U.S. alone per year,” Audi said. “Even with everything we have learned about ARDS on the cellular level, patient outcomes remain unpredictable. Our objective is to assess the role that the cellular enzyme NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4) plays in susceptibility to ARDS. With an improved understanding of ARDS, we will be able to investigate specific therapeutic targets to mitigate ARDS morbidity, mortality and financial burdens.”

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