Mahmoud Alaiwa
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine · Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
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History
Research
Reduced airway surface pH impairs bacterial killing in the porcine cystic fibrosis lung
Nature · 2012 · 646 citations
Airway acidification initiates host defense abnormalities in cystic fibrosis mice
Science · 2016 · 250 citations
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2014 · First of 8 authors · 177 citations
34 papers
19 papers
18 papers
9 papers · 1 as a resident
7 papers
- DC
6 papers · 1 as a fellow
6 papers
5 papers
Grants
- 2025–2030
Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Approaches in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · P01
Project lead · $777.6K · University of Iowa
- 2023–2028
Contribution of Small Airways to Mucociliary Transport Dysfunction
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.8M · University of Iowa
- 2008–2024
Origins of Cystic Fibrosis Airway Disease
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · P01
Project lead · $777.2K · University of Iowa
- 2020–2022
Mechanism for Hypertonic Saline Effect on Mucociliary Transport
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R56
Contact PI · $465.2K · University of Iowa