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We are members of the Department of Internal Medicine/Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Our lab is located at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

The Curtis-Freeman laboratory seeks to understand the regulation of pulmonary immunity, especially via control of lung leukocyte numbers & function.

Our research spans the gamut from biochemical, cellular & molecular studies of macrophage signaling during apoptotic cell uptake, through murine models of lung inflammation, auto-immunity and infection (in collaboration with several other laboratories), to studies that employ human specimens to investigate the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The laboratory has a record of over 18 years of continuous funding, with current active support from NHLBI/NIH & the Department of Veterans Affairs.