Email

francesca.polverino@bcm.edu

Positions

Lester and Sue Smith Associate Professor

Medicine - Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, US

Assistant Professor

Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Harvard Medical School
Boston

Instructor

Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Harvard Medical School
Boston

Associate Professor

Medicine
Asthma and Airway Disease research center
University of Arizona
Tucson

Addresses

Polverino Laboratory (Office)

6501 Fannin St
Methodist Neurosensory Center of Houston
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (617) 306-8999

Education

MD from University of Naples

06/2006 - Naples, Italy

PharmD from University of Parma

03/2017 - Parma, Italy

Residency at University of Messina

07/2011 - Messina, Italy

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard Medical School

10/2011 - Boston, United States

Fellowship at University of Padua

10/2007 - Padua, Italy

Fellowship at Hospital Son Dureta

03/2007 - Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Certifications

Texas Medical Board License

Texas Medical Board

Italian Medical Board License

Italian Medical Board

Honors & Awards

Rising Star of Research

American Thoracic Society (05/2017)

Outstanding Italian Scientist

Presidency of Italian Republic (06/2019)

COPD Gold Medal

European Respiratory Society (09/2022)

Parker B Francis Award

American Thoracic Society (05/2023)

Professional Statement

Francesca Polverino’s research focuses on understanding the pathobiology underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is the third leading cause of death both in the USA and globally. COPD has a multifactorial nature, being determined not only by environmental, but also genetic, genomic, and developmental factors, which accounts for an individual susceptibility to develop the disease. In the era of precision medicine, our ultimate goal is to understand key factors in the pathogenesis of COPD to be targeted in a selected subset of COPD patients.

Websites

Videos

Professional Development

Co-director of BCM Pulmonary Grand Rounds

Seminar (Organizer)

Memberships

American Thoracic Society

Executive Committee Member, Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (RCMB) Assembly

European Respiratory Society

College of Experts Member

Funding

B cell-adaptive Immune Profile in Emphysema-predominant COPD - #R01HL149744

Grant funding from NIH/NHLBI

COPD GOLD Medal

Unrestricted funding from European Respiratory Society- Boehringer Ingelheim

Unrestricted funds for lung cancer studies

(05/10/2023 VICTORY Houston

Skills

Lung pathology

Lung transcriptomics/ spatial transcriptomics

Lung immunity

Microscopy

Adaptive immunity

COPD management

Asthma management

Languages

Spanish, Italian