James Beck, MD
Visiting Clinical Professor, Medicine-Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care

Publications

• Dickson RP, Erb-Downward JR, Freeman CM, McCloskey L, Beck JM, Huffnagle GB, Curtis JL. Spatial Variation in the Healthy Human Lung Microbiome and the Adapted Island Model of Lung Biogeography. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Mar 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25803243
• Bassis CM, Erb-Downward JR, Dickson RP, Freeman CM, Schmidt TM, Young VB, Beck JM, Curtis JL, Huffnagle GB. Analysis of the upper respiratory tract microbiotas as the source of the lung and gastric microbiotas in healthy individuals. MBio. 2015 Mar 3;6(2). PubMed PMID: 25736890
• Venkataraman A, Bassis CM, Beck JM, Young VB, Curtis JL, Huffnagle GB, Schmidt TM. Application of a neutral community model to assess structuring of the human lung microbiome. MBio. 2015 Jan 20;6(1). PubMed PMID: 25604788
• Beck JM, Schloss PD, Venkataraman A, Twigg H 3rd, Jablonski KA, Bushman FD, Campbell TB, Charlson ES, Collman RG, Crothers K, Curtis JL, Drews KL, Flores SC, Fontenot AP, Foulkes MA, Frank I, Ghedin E, Huang L, Lynch SV, Morris A, Palmer BE, Schmidt TM, Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Young VB. Multicenter Comparison of Lung and Oral Microbiomes of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Individuals. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Dec 1;192(11):1335-44. PubMed PMID: 26247840
• Dickson RP, Erb-Downward JR, Freeman CM, McCloskey L, Beck JM, Huffnagle GB, Curtis JL. Spatial Variation in the Healthy Human Lung Microbiome and the Adapted Island Model of Lung Biogeography. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Jun;12(6):821-30. PubMed PMID: 25803243
• Bassis CM, Erb-Downward JR, Dickson RP, Freeman CM, Schmidt TM, Young VB, Beck JM, Curtis JL, Huffnagle GB. Analysis of the upper respiratory tract microbiotas as the source of the lung and gastric microbiotas in healthy individuals. MBio. 2015 Mar 3;6(2):e00037. PubMed PMID: 25736890
• Venkataraman A, Bassis CM, Beck JM, Young VB, Curtis JL, Huffnagle GB, Schmidt TM. Application of a neutral community model to assess structuring of the human lung microbiome. MBio. 2015 Jan 20;6(1). PubMed PMID: 25604788
• Fessler HE, Addrizzo-Harris D, Beck JM, Buckley JD, Pastores SM, Piquette CA, Rowley JA, Spevetz A. Entrustable professional activities and curricular milestones for fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine: executive summary from the Multi-Society Working Group. Crit Care Med. 2014 Oct;42(10):2290-1. PubMed PMID: 25226119
• Cui L, Morris A, Huang L, Beck JM, Twigg HL 3rd, von Mutius E, Ghedin E. The microbiome and the lung. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Aug;11 Suppl 4:S227-32. PubMed PMID: 25148429
• Fitzpatrick ME, Sethi S, Daley CL, Ray P, Beck JM, Gingo MR. Infections in "noninfectious" lung diseases. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Aug;11 Suppl 4:S221-6. PubMed PMID: 25148428
• Fessler HE, Addrizzo-Harris D, Beck JM, Buckley JD, Pastores SM, Piquette CA, Rowley JA, Spevetz A. Entrustable professional activities and curricular milestones for fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine: report of a multisociety working group. Chest. 2014 Sep;146(3):813-34. PubMed PMID: 24945874
• Dickson RP, Erb-Downward JR, Freeman CM, Walker N, Scales BS, Beck JM, Martinez FJ, Curtis JL, Lama VN, Huffnagle GB. Changes in the lung microbiome following lung transplantation include the emergence of two distinct Pseudomonas species with distinct clinical associations. PLoS One. 2014;9(5):e97214. PubMed PMID: 24831685
• Ganesan S, Comstock AT, Kinker B, Mancuso P, Beck JM, Sajjan US. Combined exposure to cigarette smoke and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae drives development of a COPD phenotype in mice. Respir Res. 2014 Feb 4;15:11. PubMed PMID: 24495712
• Beck JM. ABCs of the lung microbiome. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Jan;11 Suppl 1:S3-6. PubMed PMID: 24437402