Dan Predescu, MD

Scholarship Award, Keystone Millennium Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Accomplishments of the 20th Century and the Challenges of the 21st Century, 2000
Presentation Selected from the 20 Best Papers, 22nd ASCB Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado,1992
American Heart Association, Burger Foundation Center, Tenured Fellow in Molecular Biology of Cardiovascular System, 1991-93
Dr. Adamescu Award, Best Poster Award at The XIX Scientific Students’ Conference, School of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, 1973
First Place MD Board Preclinical Section, Fellowship for Academic Excellence in School of Medicine Post MD Internship,Bucharest, Romania 1973

1R01HL127022-01, Cleavage of Intersectin-1s by Granzyme B and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Role: co-investigator, 2015-19
Rush Department of Medicine Research Intramural Grant, Intersectin-1s and Lung Cancer Tumorigenesis, Role: mentor and co-investigator), 2013-15
Investigator Initiated Project, InterMune; A 12-Month Randomized Parallel-Group Study Evaluating the Effect of Pirfenidone, Administered Orally at 0.5% in Chow, on Collagen, Elastin and Response to Physical Effort in Caveolin2-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis, Role: principal investigator, 2012-15
RO3 HL095430-01, Caveolins in the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Role: principal investigator, 2009-11
RO1 HLO89462-01, Intersectin-1s Regulates Lung Vascular Permeability and Endothelial Cell Survival, Role: co-investigator, 2008-12
P01 HL 60678, Signaling of Endothelial Permeability and Lung Vascular Injury; Project 1: Transcellular Mechanisms of Endothelial Permeability and Pulmonary Edema, Role: co-investigator, 2005-10
R01 HL45638, Thrombin-Induced Pulmonary Vascular Permeability, Role: co-investigator, 2003-09
P01 HL 60678, Director Cell Culture Core, 2003-05
NIH HL17080, GE Palade (principal investigator); Role: co-principal investigator, 1996-2000
AHA Burger Foundation Center for Molecular Biology in Cardiovascular System Fellowship, 1991-93