Raksha Jain, M.D.
Associate Professor

Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center

Medical School

UT Health Science Center at Houston (2001)

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2004), Internal Medicine

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2005), Internal Medicine

Fellowship

Washington University School of Medicine (2009), Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine

Graduate School

Washington University School of Medicine (2010), Clinical Investigation

Graduate School

Washington University School of Medicine (2010)

• Gender disparities in lung diseases
• Sex hormone influence on host immunity
• Treatment advances for Cystic Fibrosis

Featured Publications

17ß-estradiol dysregulates innate immune responses to Pseudomonas aeruginosa respiratory infection and is modulated by estrogen receptor antagonism.

Abid S, Xie S, Bose M, Shaul PW, Terada LS, Brody SL, Thomas PJ, Katzenellenbogen JA, Kim SH, Greenberg DE, Jain R Infect. Immun. 2017 Aug

Lung transplantation and gender effects on survival of recipients with cystic fibrosis.

Raghavan D, Gao A, Ahn C, Kaza V, Finklea J, Torres F, Jain R J. Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Jun

Gender differences in outcomes of patients with cystic fibrosis.

Harness-Brumley CL, Elliott AC, Rosenbluth DB, Raghavan D, Jain R J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2014 Dec 23 12 1012-20

Effects of puberty on cystic fibrosis related pulmonary exacerbations in women versus men.

Sutton S, Rosenbluth D, Raghavan D, Zheng J, Jain R Pediatr. Pulmonol. 2013 Mar

Sex Hormone-Dependent Regulation of Cilia Beat Frequency in Airway Epithelium.

Jain R, Ray JM, Pan JH, Brody SL American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 2011 Oct

Temporal relationship between primary and motile ciliogenesis in airway epithelial cells.

Jain R, Pan J, Driscoll JA, Wisner JW, Huang T, Gunsten SP, You Y, Brody SL Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2010 Dec 43 6 731-9

Azithromycin is associated with increased survival in lung transplant recipients with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.

Jain R, Hachem RR, Morrell MR, Trulock EP, Chakinala MM, Yusen RD, Huang HJ, Mohanakumar T, Patterson GA, Walter MJ J. Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 May 29 5 531-7

Endothelin-1 induces alveolar epithelial-mesenchymal transition through endothelin type A receptor-mediated production of TGF-beta1.

Jain R, Shaul PW, Borok Z, Willis BC Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2007 Jul 37 1 38-47

AcrAB-TolC Inhibition by Peptide-conjugated Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Oligomers Restores Antibiotic Activity in vitro and in vivo.

Sturge CR, Felder-Scott CF, Pifer R, Pybus C, Jain R, Geller B, Greenberg D, ACS Infect Dis 2019 May

Impact of high- versus low-risk genotype on sinonasal radiographic disease in cystic fibrosis.

Halderman AA, Lee S, London NR, Day A, Jain R, Moore JA, Lin SY Laryngoscope 2018 Dec

• CFF Foundation Harry Shwachman Clinical Research Award
  (2015-2018)
• LEAD Capstone Dean's Recognition Award - U.T. Southwestern Medical Center
  (2015)
• CREW award recipient
  (2010)
• Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care
  (2010)
• American Thoracic Society Career Development Award
  (2009)
• Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Award
  (2009)
• University of Texas Houston Health Science Center Gold Headed Cane Award
  Humanism in Medicine (2001)

• Society for Women's Health Research (2012)
• Association for Clinical and Translational Science (2009)
• American College of Chest Physicians
• American Thoracic Society
• Dallas County Medical Society
• Texas Medical Association