Research Funding
Todd Bull, MD
University of Colorado, Denver
"Characterization of Circulating Endothelial Cells in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension"
Characterization of Circulating Endothelial Cells in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
The major goal of this grant was to investigate the presence of circulating endothelial cells (CECs) in pulmonary hypertension. The project developed means of identifying CECs in peripheral blood and characterized their phenotype.
- Purdue University, 1986, Biology
- Northwestern University, B.A., 1987-90, Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
- University of Colorado, M.D., 1990-94 Medicine
- University of Texas, Southwestern, 1994-97, Internal Medicine Residency
- University of Colorado, 1999-2002, Pulmonary/Critical Care
Fellowship
Positions and Honors
- 1987 Gables Club Award for Academic Excellence.
- 1988-89 Accepted for Honors Program in Medical Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center.
- 1990-94 Elected to the University of Colorado Student Senate.
- 1990-92 Academic Excellence Awards for MS-I and MS-II years,
University of Colorado School of Medicine
- 1994 Graduated with Honors, University of Colorado School of
Medicine.
- 1994 Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.
- 1994-97 Residency, Internal Medicine. U.T. Southwestern Medical
Center, Dallas TX.
- 1998 Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Josephs Hospital,
Denver CO.
- 1999-02 Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellow, University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center.
- 2000-Present Medical School Admissions Committee, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
- 2002-Present Scholarship Committee, University of Colorado School of
Medicine.
- 2002-Present Residency Selection Committee, University of Colorado School
of Medicine.
- 2000-2002 Pulmonary Hypertension Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
Award administered through the American Heart Association.
- 2002-2004 Clinical Instructor, Pulmonary and Critical Care division,
University of Colorado School of Medicine.
- 2003-2004 Will Rodgers Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care division, University of Colorado School of Medicine
- 2003-Present Medical ICU Quality Initiative Committee, University Hospital,
Denver Colorado
- 2004-Present University Hospital ICU oversight committee, University Hospital, Denver Colorado.
- 2004-Present Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
- 2004-Present Editorial Board “Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension”.
- 2005-Present Medical Director Fitzsimons Medical Center, Intensive Care Unit.
- 2005-Present Scientific Leadership Council (SLC) of the Pulmonary
Hypertension Association.
- 2006 Mark Flapan award: Awarded annually to the best research proposal submitted to the Scleroderma Foundation.
- 2006 Department of Medicine Housestaff teaching award.
Journal Referee
- 2004-present: Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
- 2005-present: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Grant Review Referee
2005-present: Health Research Board of Ireland
Other Published Articles
- Bull, TM. Cool, C.D., Campbell, T.B., Neid, J.M., Voelkel, N.F., Badesch, D.B. Primary pulmonary hypertension, Castleman’s disease and human herpesvirus-8. Eur Respir J 2003;22: 403-407
- Bull, TM. Golpon, H. Moore, M. Hebbel, P. Cool, C. Tuder, R., Geraci, M. Voelkel, N. Circulating Endothelial Cells in Pulmonary Hypertension. Thromb Haem 2003:90:698-703.
- Cool, C.D., Rai, P.R., Yeager, M.E., Serls, A.E., Bull, T.M., Geraci, M.W., Brown, K.K., Routes, J.M., Tuder, R.M., Voelkel, N.F. Expression of Human Herpesvirus 8 in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. N Engl J Med 2003;349:1113-22
- Bull, TM. Fagan, KA., Badesch, DB. Pulmonary Hypertension: The Latest Treatments. J Respir Dis. 2004;25(6):242-245.
- Bull, TM. Coldren, CD. Moore, M. Sotto-Santiago, S. Pham, DV. Nana-Sinkam, SP. Voelkel, N.F. Geraci MW. Gene Microarray Analysis of Peripheral Blood Cells in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Jun 23.
- Bull TM, Fagan KA, Badesch DB, Pulmonary Vascular Manifestations of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 2005 Aug, 31(3) 451-64
- Bull, TM. New and Future Therapies in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2005 Aug;26(4):429-36
- Bull, TM. Physical Examination in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Adv in Pulm Htn. 2005; 4(3) 6-10.
- Bull TM, Coldren CD, Nana-Sinkam P, Sotto-Santiago S, Moore M, Voelkel NF, Geraci, MW. Microarray analysis of peripheral blood cells in pulmonary arterial hypertension, surrogate to biopsy. Chest 2005 Dec;128(6 Suppl):584s.
- Fagan KA, Bull TM, Badesch DB, Voelkel NF. Metastatic cancer while receiving continuous prostacyclin therapy. Chest 2005 Dec, Dec;128(6 Suppl):619s-620s
- Bull TM, Coldren CD, Geraci MW, Voelkel NF Gene Expression Profiling in Pulmonary Hypertension Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 pending publication
Abstracts:
- Bull, TM., Tuder, R., Voelkel, N., Circulating Endothelial Cells in Primary Pulmonary hypertension. Presented at ATS, San Diego. Amer J Resp Crit Care Med.
- Bull, TM., Moore, M., Shepherd, D., Tuder, M., Voelkel, N., Geraci, M., Microarray Expression Analysis of Circulating Human Endothelial Cells in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Presented at AHA, New Orleans. Circ. 102(18), 479, 2000.
- Bull, TM., Geraci, M., Golpon, H., Moore, M., Cleary, K., Tuder, R., Voelkel, N., Phenotypic and Genotypic Evaluation of Circulating Endothelial Cells in Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. Presented at ATS, San-Francisco. Amer J Resp Crit Care Med. 163(5) A404, 2001.
- Bull, TM., Moore, M., Geraci, M., Voelkel, N., The Microarray Gene Expression Profile of Peripheral Blood is Altered in Patients with PPH. Presented at the 2002 AHA Asia Pacific Scientific Forum/42nd Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
- Bull, TM., Cool, D., Campbell, T, Pradeep, R., Serl, A., Neid, J., Voelkel, N. Badesch, D. HHV-8 as a Potential Trigger Factor for the Development of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. Presented at the World Symposium on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Venice, Italy. June, 2003.
- Bull, TM. Coldren, C. Moore, M. Voelkel, N. Geraci, M. Microarray Analysis of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension. Presented at the World Symposium on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Venice, Italy. June, 2003.
- Bull, TM. Coldren, C. Moore, M. Sotto-Santiago, S. Pham, D. Nan-Sinkam, P. Voelkel, N, Geraci, M. Microarray Expression of Peripheral Blood Cells in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension, Insight into Pathobiology and a Potential Diagnostic Test. Presented at ATS, Orlando.June 2004. Amer J Resp Crit Care Med.
