Angela Haczku, M.D., Ph.D. for UC Davis Health

Angela Haczku, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, UC Davis Lung Center

Professor of Medicine

Associate Dean for Translational Research

Reviews

Specialties

Allergology

Immunology

Respiratory pathology and physiology

Pulmonary and Critical Care

Department

Internal Medicine

Locations and Contact

UC Davis Medical Center

UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817

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Research/Academic Interests

Dr. Haczku is a respiratory immunologist with a research focus on the pathogenesis of allergy, asthma, COPD and pulmonary infections. She is interested in studying the effects of environmental exposures such as air pollution, cigarette smoking and psychosocial stress on airway inflammation. She has developed in vivo (animal) and in vitro models to investigate disease mechanisms and treatment. Dr. Haczku currently serves as associate dean for translational research for the UC Davis School of Medicine.

For her leadership roles and activities, please visit her executive leadership bio page.

Division

Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Medical School

M.D., University Medical School of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary 1986

Other School

Ph.D., Immunology, Imperial College, London, UK 1997

Internship

Internal Medicine, University Medical School of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary 1985-1986

Residency

Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, University Medical School of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary 1986-1990

Fellowship

Postdoctoral Fellowship-Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver CO 1995-1998

Elected Chair, Interest Section Coordinating Committee, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, 2021

Elected Chair, Mechanisms of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Interest Section of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, 2019

Chester Robbins Pulmonary Research Endowment Award, UC Davis, 2018

Joan Oettinger Memorial Award for outstanding research in cancer and/or lung disease, UC Davis, 2018

Inducted Member, Collegium Internationale Allergologicum, 2016

To view Dr. haczku's publications, please click here.

I-SPY COVID Consortium. Clinical trial design during and beyond the pandemic: the I-SPY COVID trial. Nat Med. 2022 Jan;28(1):9-11. doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01617-x. PMID:35058620.

Georas SN, Wright RJ, Ivanova A, Israel E, LaVange LM, Akuthota P, Carr TF, Denlinger LC, Fajt ML, Kumar R, O'Neal WK, Phipatanakul W, Szefler SJ, Aronica MA, Bacharier LB, Burbank AJ, Castro M, Crotty Alexander L, Bamdad J, Cardet JC, Comhair SAA, Covar RA, DiMango EA, Erwin K, Erzurum SC, Fahy JV, Gaffin JM, Gaston B, Gerald LB, Hoffman EA, Holguin F, Jackson DJ, James J, Jarjour NN, Kenyon NJ, Khatri S, Kirwan JP, Kraft M, Krishnan JA, Liu AH, Liu MC, Marquis MA, Martinez F, Mey J, Moore WC, Moy JN, Ortega VE, Peden DB, Pennington E, Peters MC, Ross K, Sanchez M, Smith LJ, Sorkness RL, Wechsler ME, Wenzel SE, White SR, Zein J, Zeki AA, Noel P; PrecISE Study Team. The Precision Interventions for Severe and/or Exacerbation-Prone (PrecISE) Asthma Network: An overview of Network organization, procedures, and interventions. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Feb;149(2):488-516.e9. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2021.10.035. Epub 2021 Nov 29. PMID:34848210.

Hernandez P, Kim D, Haczku A. The Flying Monkeys of Ozone: Oxysterols Inactivate NLRP2 in Airway Epithelial Cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2021 Nov;65(5):461-463. doi:10.1165/rcmb.2021-0275ED. PMID:34375162.

Coil DA, Albertson T, Banerjee S, Brennan G, Campbell AJ, Cohen SH, Dandekar S, Díaz-Muñoz SL, Eisen JA, Goldstein T, Jose IR, Juarez M, Robinson BA, Rothenburg S, Sandrock C, Stoian AMM, Tompkins DG, Tremeau-Bravard A, Haczku A. SARS-CoV-2 detection and genomic sequencing from hospital surface samples collected at UC Davis. PLoS One. 2021 Jun 24;16(6):e0253578. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253578. eCollection 2021. PMID:34166421 

Enweasor C, Flayer CH, Haczku A. Ozone-Induced Oxidative Stress, Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation, and Glucocorticoid Resistance in Asthma. Front Immunol. 2021 Feb 26;12:631092. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.631092. eCollection 2021. PMID:33717165.

Irani C, Haczku A. Grains of Wisdom: Transgenic Rice for Oral Allergen Immunotherapy in Japanese Cedar Pollen-Allergic Patients. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2021;182(2):106-108. doi:10.1159/000513627. Epub 2020 Dec 15. PMID:33321507.

Adegunsoye A, Alqalyoobi S, Linderholm A, Bowman WS, Lee CT, Pugashetti JV, Sarma N, Ma SF, Haczku A, Sperling A, Strek ME, Noth I, Oldham JM. Circulating Plasma Biomarkers of Survival in Antifibrotic-Treated Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Chest. 2020 Oct;158(4):1526-1534. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2020.04.066. Epub 2020 May 22. PMID:32450241.

Sanville B, Corbett R, Pidcock W, Hardin K, Sebat C, Nguyen MV, Thompson GR, Haczku A, Schivo M, Cohen S. A Community-transmitted Case of Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (SARS) Due to SARS-CoV-2 in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 19;71(16):2222-2226. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa347. PMID:32227197.

Flayer CH, Larson ED, Joseph A, Kao S, Qu W, Van Haren A, Royer CM, Miller LA, Capitanio JP, Sielecki T, Christofidou-Solomidou M, Haczku A. Ozone-induced enhancement of airway hyperreactivity in rhesus macaques: Effects of antioxidant treatment. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Jan;145(1):312-323. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2019.08.034. Epub 2019 Oct 15. PMID:31627909.