Pulmonology

Assistant Faculty, University of Pittsburgh


Division of Pediatric Pulmonology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Rangos Research Center
3460 Fifth Ave. Room 4212
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-692-5630
412-692-6645 Fax
derek.pociask@chp.edu

Graduate School:

1999 Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA

Post Graduate:

Tulane University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA

• Tulane Cancer Center Matching Funds Award
• Center for Bioenvironmental Research Award for Bioenvironmental Research
• NIH T32 Research Training Fellowship

Publications

• Sullivan DE, Pociask D, Ferris MB and Brody AR. The Latent Form of TGF-beta1 is Induced by TNF-alpha Through an ERK Specific Pathway and is Activated by Asbestos-Derived Reactive Oxygen Species in vitro and in vivo. J Immunotox. 2007, In press.
• Spees J, Pociask D, Sullivan D, Whitney M, Lasky J, Prockop D and Brody AR Engraftment of bone marrow progenitor cells in a rat model of asbestos-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Respir.Crit. Care Med. 2007 Aug 15;176(4):385-94.
• Thomas DT, Espy MG, Pociask DA, Ridnour L, Donzelli S, Wink DA. Asbestos redirects nitric oxide signaling through rapid catalytic conversion to nitrite. Cancer Research. 2006, Dec 15;66(24):11600-4.

View Dr. Pociask's full list of publications from PubMed.

• The role of gamma delta t-cells in epithelial repair and their attenuation of fibrosis in mice
• The roles of the IL-12 family members in pulmonary fibrosis and the potential use of P40 homodimer as a therapeutic agent in fibrosis