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

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, Patterso GA, Walter MJ. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplant May 2010 29/5 531-537

The temporal relationship between primary and motile ciliogenesis in airway epithelial cells.

Jain R, Pan JH, Driscoll J, Wisner J, Brody SL. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 2010 Epub

Endothelin-1 Induces Alveolar Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Through Endothelin Type A Receptor-Mediated Production of TGF-B1

Jain R, Borok Z, Shaul P, Willis B American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology July 2007 37 38-47

Standardized Treatment of Pulmonary exacerbations (STOP) study: Physician treatment practices and outcomes for individuals with cystic fibrosis with pulmonary exacerbations.

West NE, Beckett VV, Jain R, Sanders DB, Nick JA, Heltshe SL, Dasenbrook EC, VanDevanter DR, Solomon GM, Goss CH, Flume PA J. Cyst. Fibros. 2017 Apr

Evaluating Outcomes Disparities in the Hispanic Cystic Fibrosis Population: A Need for a National Analysis.

Rho J, Ahn C, Gao A, Keller A, Jain R Chest 2016 Sep 150 3 751-3

• 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