ASCI / Emerging-Generation Awards, 2023

Richard P. Ramonell, MD is a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Florida and then went to medical school at the Florida State University College of Medicine. He then completed his residency in Internal Medicine, a year as Chief Medical Resident, and his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Emory University. During fellowship, he worked in the lab of Dr. F. Eun-Hyung Lee examining B cell biology as it pertains to allergic disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection. After completing fellowship, he was recruited to the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh where he joined the lab of Dr. Anuradha Ray. He is currently investigating the role of T effector memory cells re-expressing CD45RA (TEMRAs) and “inflammaging” in the pathogenesis of severe asthma under the mentorship of Drs. Anuradha Ray and Sally Wenzel.