I am a Professor of Pediatrics and Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center with broad training in developmental biology, carcinogenesis, and lung disease. I am also Director of the Lung Biology and Disease Program, co-director of our T32 Pulmonary Training grant, a member of the admissions committee for the Medical Scientist Training Program and the Toxicology Graduate Program, and a member of the NIH study section Lung Injury Repair and Remodeling. I am broadly interested in understanding why preterm birth is a risk factor for cardiopulmonary disease later in life. Since preterm infants are born too soon into oxygen, my research uses mouse models and banked human tissues to understand how an abnormal oxygen environment at birth causes disease by altering postnatal development of the lung and heart. I have a strong track record of mentoring and training the next generation of scientists. I am proud to say that trainees who have graduated from my lab remain in science as Postdoctoral Fellows, Academic Physicians, NIH-funded scientists, and Program Directors in industry.