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Victoria Heinrich MD, PhD

    Education & Training

  • University of Pittsburgh, MD, 2025
  • Carnegie Mellon University, PhD, 2023
  • University of Wisconsin, BS, 2015
Representative Publications
Heinrich VA, Uvalle C, Manni ML, Li K, Mullett SJ, Donepudi SR, Clader J, Fitch A, Ellgass M, Cechova V, Qin S, Holguin F, Freeman BA, Methé BA, Morris A, Gelhaus SL. Meta-omics profiling of the gut-lung axis illuminates metabolic networks and host-microbial interactions associated with elevated lung elastance in a murine model of obese allergic asthma. Front Microbiomes. 2023;2:1153691. doi: 10.3389/frmbi.2023.1153691. Epub 2023 May 5. PMID: 37293566; PMCID: PMC10249466.
 

Santos-Lopez A, Fritz MJ, Lombardo JB, Burr AHP, Heinrich VA, Marshall CW, Cooper VS. Evolved resistance to a novel cationic peptide antibiotic requires high mutation supply. Evol Med Public Health. 2022 May 30;10(1):266-276. doi: 10.1093/emph/eoac022. PMID: 35712084; PMCID: PMC9198447.

Manni ML, Heinrich VA, Buchan GJ, O'Brien JP, Uvalle C, Cechova V, Koudelka A, Ukani D, Rawas-Qalaji M, Oury TD, Hart R, Ellgass M, Mullett SJ, Fajt ML, Wenzel SE, Holguin F, Freeman BA, Wendell SG. Nitroalkene fatty acids modulate bile acid metabolism and lung function in obese asthma. Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 7;11(1):17788. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96471-9. PMID: 34493738; PMCID: PMC8423735.

Career Advisor
JoAnne Flynn, PhD
Thesis Advisor
Alison Morris, MD, MS
Program
Molecular Pharmacology
Dissertation Title

Developing the Microbiome-Metabolome as a Targeted Therapy for Obesity-Associated Asthma

Trainee
Past
Graduate Year
2025
Training Start Year
2017