James Crapo Email & Phone Number

Dr. James Crapo has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of Board of Directors of Omni Bio. He has also served on the Scientific Advisory Board since March 2009. He has been a Professor at National Jewish Medical and Research Center since June 1996 and served as Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chairman of Medicine from June 1996 to 2004. National Jewish Health is a private institution specializing in immunology and allergic diseases. He was the first scientist to extend Dr. Fridovich's and Dr. Joe McCord's original discovery of superoxide dismutase, a natural antioxidant referred to as "SOD," to mammalian models of disease. Prior to joining National Jewish, Dr. Crapo spent over 15 years as the Chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division at Duke University Medical Center. He is involved in a number of professional societies, including service on the NHLBI Advisory Council and serving as President of the American Thoracic Society and President of theSpecialties: Research efforts are focused on: - mechanisms of oxidative injury - the role of antioxidants in blocking both normal and abnormal oxidative stress A major emphasis on: - the role of extracellular superoxide dismutase as a regulator of inflammation & of intercellular signal transductionDeveloping small molecular weight catalytic antioxidants that can be used as drugs and in disease processes such as radiation-induced injury, stroke, diabetes, chronic lung disease and cancer

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