Avrum E. Spira
Founding Chief of the Division of Computational Biomedicine in the Department of Medicine · Boston University
Credentials: · · · ·
History
PresentDivision of Computational Biomedicine in the Department of Medicine · Boston University
- Present
Boston University – Boston Medical Center Cancer Center Hospital
- Present
Medicine Section · Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
BMC
Vanier College
Research
Effects of cigarette smoke on the human airway epithelial cell transcriptome
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2004 · First of 8 authors · Corresponding · 461 citations
Review · Cell · 2020 · 447 citations
Biomarkers in Lung Cancer Screening: Achievements, Promises, and Challenges
Review · Journal of Thoracic Oncology · 2019 · 410 citations
28 papers
22 papers
17 papers
10 papers · 3 as a fellow
9 papers
- ML
9 papers · 8 as a resident
7 papers
6 papers
Grants
- 2018–2025
The Lung PCA: A Multi-Dimensional Atlas of Pulmonary Premalignancy
National Cancer Institute · U2C
Contact PI · $7M · Boston University Medical Campus
- 2016–2021
The Boston University-UCLA Lung Cancer Biomarker Development Lab
National Cancer Institute · U01
Contact PI · $1.4M · Boston University Medical Campus
- 2016–2021
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $676.5K · Boston University Medical Campus
- 2016–2021
Impact of Smoking and Its Cessation on Systemic and Airway Immune Activation
National Institute on Drug Abuse · R01
PI · $827.7K · Boston Medical Center