Principal Investigator
Email: ckliment@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-4298
Office:
Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Biomedical Science Tower W1254
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Laboratory:
Biomedical Science Tower W1200, Bay 13B
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Department of Medicine Profile
UPMC Profile
Corrine Kliment, MD, PhD
Prinicpal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine
Associate Program Director and Associate Dean for the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
Graduate Faculty, School of Medicine – Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Research Interests
Dr. Kliment’s laboratory is interested in identifying new molecular pathways connecting mitochondrial dysfunction with epithelial and innate immune cell function in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and pulmonary fibrosis to improve therapeutic options for patients. Our lab specifically studies the role of adenine nucleotide translocase (a canonical mitochondrial ADP/ATP transporter) in the airway and alveolar epithelium of the lung in the context of cigarette smoking-related lung disease and lung fibrosis.
Education
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- BS (Biochemistry and Biology), University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2004
- MD, PhD (Medical Scientist Training Program) University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2004-2011
PhD in Cellular and Molecular Pathology, 2009
- Internal Medicine Residency, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard University, 2011-2014
Medical Management and Leadership Track
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 2014-2018
Awards
| May 2023 | American Thoracic Society – Jo Rae Wright Early Career Investigator Award, Respiratory, Cell and Molecular Biology (RCMB) Assembly |
| May 2021 | American Thoracic Society – Rising Star Junior Investigator Award, Respiratory, Cell and Molecular Biology (RCMB) Assembly |
| May 2021 | American Thoracic Society – Ann Woolcock Award, Respiratory Structure & Function Assembly |
| April 2019 | American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) Young Physician Scientist Awardee |
| October 2018 | Pittsburgh International Lung Conference, Outstanding Scientific Research Winner |
| September 2018 | Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists 2018 - 2023 |
| July 2018 | Parker B. Francis Foundation Fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine July 2018 -July 2021 |
| April 2018 | Johns Hopkins Young Investigators Day - Physician Scientist Award 2018 |
| July 2017 | Johns Hopkins Pulmonary Medicine COPD Pilot Award |
| January 2017 | Agilent Seahorse Metabolism Travel Award |
| September 2016-2017 | National Research Service Award (NRSA) F32 Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| July 2016-2017 | Johns Hopkins Baurenschmidt Research Fellowship Award |
| July 2016-2017 | Pearl M. Stetler Research Women in Science Fellowship (Awarded; Declined for funding overlap) |
| December 2015 | American Society of Cell Biology – “Best Cell Stories of 2015” Abstract Honors Pick - 1 of 14 top abstracts from over 1,240, highlighted at the 2015 International conference for connecting basic science to human disease. |
| October 2015 | Young Investigators Respiratory Research Forum 2015 – Top Basic Science Presentation Award |
| September 2015 | American Society of Cell Biology Post-doctoral Travel Award |
| September 2015 | Johns Hopkins Cell Biology Lewis Travel Award |
| May 2009 | American Thoracic Society Conference – Poster Discussion Session Speaker |
| November 2008 | Research Talk at the International Free Radical Biology and Medicine Meeting; Travel Grant |
| May 2007 | Dept. of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh – Annual Retreat, Graduate student speaker |
| 2006-2009 | Univ. of Pittsburgh Graduate Biomedical Training Program Travel Grants |
| June 2010 | Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honors Society, Watson Chapter - Univ. of Pittsburgh - Peer-elected for demonstrating humanism, empathy and compassion in patient care |
| August 2010 | Drs. S. Sutton Hamilton MSTP Scholar Award, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Awarded to a Senior MD/PhD student for top meritorious scientific contributions. |
Bio
I have been passionate about lung research for many years. I am originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, where I got my Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry and Biology (Go Big Red!). I got my MD, PhD from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Scientist Training Program and completed my internal medicine residency at Brigham and Womens Hospital/Harvard. I then joined Johns Hopkins University in 2014 to complete her Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship. I joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh in 2018. I am board-certified in pulmonary medicine, critical care and internal medicine with a clinical focus in intensive care and outpatient COPD and post-COVID infection care. I am passionate about developing strong teams, teaching the next generation and mentoring others in medicine and science. I love teaching from basic science to clinical medicine and career development.
Interests
I am trying to improve my green thumb by growing a lime tree and starting a garden! I passionate about playing and exploring with my kids, cooking and baking bread, exercising, and playing piano.