College of Medicine
Mehrad Lab
Led by Borna Mehrad · Medicine
What we study
The Mehrad Lab studies lung inflammation and immunity, focusing on pneumonia, fibrosis, and computational models. They use animal models, human studies, and computational tools to understand immune responses and disease mechanisms.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Computational
- Clinical
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 3
Current projects
Mathematical Biology of Lung Disease
Developing computational models to study lung disease mechanisms.
Multiscale modeling of the role of heme during invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
Using models to understand how iron regulation affects fungal infections.
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Mechanistic modeling of the innate immune responses of the human lung to understand the inter-individual heterogeneity of…
Creating models to explain why COVID-19 outcomes vary among patients.
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Recent papers, explained
- Pulmonary MRI in Interstitial Lung Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
2026 · Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Compares MRI and CT for detecting interstitial lung disease in a systematic review.
- mTORC1 Promotes SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Attenuates Type I Interferon Responses in the Alveolar Epithelium: A Computational and Experimental Study
2026 · Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Tests whether mTORC1 affects SARS-CoV-2 replication and interferon responses in lung tissue.
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- Mathematical Modeling of the Complement System: a Scoping Review
2026 · Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Reviews math models to study the immune system's complement system.
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