Email

bmoorthy@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Pediatrics
Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

Feigin (Lab)

Texas Children's Hospital - Feigin Center
1102 Bates Ave
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-3266
bmoorthy@bcm.edu
BCM Neonatology

Feigin (Office)

Texas Children's Hospital - Feigin Center
1102 Bates Ave
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-3266
bmoorthy@bcm.edu
BCM Neonatology

Education

BS from University Of Madras

Madras, India

MSc from Andhra University

Visakhapatnam, India

PhD from Indian Institute Of Science

Bangalore, India

Postdoctoral Fellowship at University Of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Honors & Awards

Molecular and systems biology specialty section

2016-2017

President

Professional Interests

• Cytochrome P450 regulation, mechanisms of hyperoxic lung injury, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), acute lung injury (ALI)/ARDS;

Websites

Selected Publications

• Wang L1, Lingappan K1, Jiang W, Couroucli XI, Welty SE, Shivanna B, Barrios R, Wang G, Firoze Khan M, Gonzalez FJ, Jackson Roberts L, Moorthy B.. " Disruption of cytochrome P4501A2 in mice leads to increased susceptibility to hyperoxic lung injury. " Free Radic Biol Med.. 2015 May ; 82 (147-59)
  Pubmed PMID: 25680282.
• Lingappan K, Jiang W, Wang L, Wang G, Couroucli XI, Shivanna B, Welty SE, Barrios R, Khan MF, Nebert DW, Roberts LJ, Moorthy B.. " Mice deficient in the gene for cytochrome P450 (CYP)1A1 are more susceptible than wild-type to hyperoxic lung injury: evidence for protective role of CYP1A1 against oxidative stress. " Toxicol Sci.. 2014 Sep ; 141 (1) : 68-77..
  Pubmed PMID: 24893714.
• Moorthy B, Chu C, Carlin DJ.. " Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: from metabolism to lung cancer. " Toxicol Sci.. 2015 May ; 145 (1) : 5-15.
  Pubmed PMID: 25911656.

Memberships

Society of Toxicology

Member

NIH Review Committee on R15 Grants, CSR, NIH

Chairperson

NIH Special Emphasis Panel

Co-chair

Academy of Distinguished Educators, Baylor College of Medicine

Member

American Association for Cancer Research

Member, elected position

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Member

American Association for Advancement of Science

Member

Society for Pediatric Research

Member

American Thoracic Society

Member