Rana Herro PhD

Dr. Rana Herro, Ph.D. Fibrosis is responsible for over 45% of deaths in the United States. Developing effective therapeutics and novel prognostic biomarkers for fibrotic diseases is the goal of my research at Cincinnati Children’s. I’m particularly interested in tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily members and their involvement in inflammation and fibrosis. More specifically, my lab investigates whether TNF molecules could be targets of therapeutic intervention to suppress disease symptoms and cure fibrosis associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, systemic sclerosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, neutrophilic asthma, and atopic dermatitis, among others.