Scott A. Boitano, PhD
Keating Bioresearch Building
Room 427
The Boitano Lab focuses on compromise of the upper airway epithelium and association with asthma, bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary distress syndrome, as well as increased susceptibility to pathogenic microorganisms that further exasperate airway diseases. Special attention is placed on Bordetella bacteria and the response of individual cells and multicellular defense through intercellular signaling.
Dr. Boitano is president elect of the Arizona Chapter of the American Physiological Society, serves as principal investigator of the Academic Research Laboratory and is a member of the Dean’s Council on Faculty Affairs.
Degrees
- PhD: Genetics and Cell Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, 1991
- BSc: Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley, 1983
respiratory cell physiology, respiratory cell-cell communication, respiratory cell-pathogen interactions