University of Michigan invited to join the NIH APS Consortium

The NIH (NHLBI, NIGMS) plans on launching the APS Consortium, dedicated to intensely studying the underlying biology of ARDS, Pneumonia, and Sepsis. Robert Dickson partnered with Bob Hyzy and Hallie Prescott to lead the University of Michigan application, and we have just received word that we have been chosen to join the network.

The APS Consortium will longitudinally study 5,000 hospitalized patients with these conditions, both while they are admitted and following discharge. The University of Michigan team joined forces with Henry Ford Hospital, University of Cincinnati, and University of Chicago. They proposed a plan to investigate the role of gut and respiratory microbiota in explaining the biological heterogeneity that underlies these diseases.

The application was strengthened by contributions from numerous collaborators as well as support from the Weil Institute for Critical Care Research & Innovation.