Dr. Debasree Banerjee awarded 12-month pilot project

Dr. Debasree Banerjee was awarded a 12-month pilot project with the CPVB COBRE at the Ocean State Research Institute. She is an Instructor of Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Dr. Banerjee’s research focuses on investigating Chitinase 3 Like 1, an inflammatory biomarker in the cecalligation and puncture mouse model. Her pilot project is entitled “Characterizing Immunomodulation and Inflammation in Sepsis: The Role of Chitinase 3 Like 1”. Her academic and research objectives for the next three years are to establish funding for her research in the form of a mentored K award related to the immunomodulation in shock.