Narges Alipanah-Lechner

Dr. Narges Alipanah-Lechner is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UCSF. She holds an MD from UCSF and a Master's in Clinical and Epidemiological Research. Her research focuses on applying systems biology approaches to precision medicine for critical illnesses like sepsis and ARDS, with a focus on metabolomics and multi-omics analysis. She currently works in UCSF's intensive care units and pulmonary function lab.

Education:

• B.A. in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University (2009)
• M.D., UCSF School of Medicine (2015)
• Residency in Internal Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (2018)
• Chief Residency in Internal Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (2019)
• Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UCSF (2022)
• M.A.S. in Clinical and Epidemiological Research, UCSF (2023)

Research Interests: Precision medicine for critical care syndromes, metabolomic profiling in ARDS/sepsis, biomarker discovery, and translational approaches to improve patient outcomes. Her work emphasizes subphenotyping critical illnesses to enable targeted therapies.

Grants & Funding:

• NIH K23HL173659 (2024-2029): Proteomic/metabolomic trajectories in ARDS
• NIH F32HL165828 (2023-2024): Biomarkers in COVID-19 ARDS

Awards: 2024 Emerging Generation Award from the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Calfee Lab and the PANTHER Trial group, focusing on critical care innovation and multi-omics research.