Parviz Minoo PhD

• Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Neonatal Research Program; Director, Basic Research Program

Research Interests

• Transcriptional regulation of lung morphogenesis.
• The role of homeodomain transcriptional regulators in lung epithelial-mesenchymal interactions.
• Lung injury and activation of repair pathways in the newborn. The role of homeodomain transcriptional regulators in neonatal chronic lung disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). The role of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in development of BPD.

Degrees

• University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, BS, 1970-1974, Biology
• University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, MS, 1975-1977, Biology
• University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, PhD, 1979-1982, Developmental Genetics

Postdoctoral

• Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1982-1986
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1986-1989