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Lea Steffes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, specializing in Pulmonary Medicine at Stanford University. Her clinical expertise focuses on rare pediatric lung diseases, with a particular specialization in hereditary forms of pulmonary vascular disease and developmental lung disorders. Dr. Steffes' research centers on understanding the cellular characteristics of occlusive neointimal lesions and abnormal cells that obstruct pulmonary blood flow in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Her work specifically examines the contribution of mesenchymal cell subsets in pediatric pulmonary vascular disease, delineating the mechanisms of pre- and post-capillary networks. By leveraging insights from developing human diseased mouse lungs, her research provides a mechanistic framework to understand childhood-onset pulmonary vascular diseases, with the ultimate goal of identifying novel therapeutic targets for pulmonary hypertension.
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