University of Tasmania, Australia

Research Fellow

BSc, MSc, MS, PhD

General Responsibilities

• Co-ordinator of the pathology arm of the CRE Breathe Well

Publications

• Soltani, A., Sohal, S. S., Reid, D., Wood-Baker, R., & Walters, E. H.  (2012). Airway remodelling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a review. Annals  of Respiratory Medicine.
• Soltani, A., Konrad Muller, H., Sohal, S. S., Reid, D. W., Weston, S., Wood-Baker, R.,  & Walters, E. H. (2012). The distinctive characteristics of bronchial reticular  basement membrane and vessel remodelling in chronic obstructive pulmonary  disease (COPD) versus asthma: They are not the same disease. Histopathology,  60(6), 964-970.
• Sohal, S. S.,  Reid, D.,  Soltani, A.,  Ward, C., Weston, S., Konrad Muller, H., Wood-Baker, R.,  & Walters, E. H. (2011). Evaluation of epithelial mesenchymal transition  in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respiratory Research,  12(130).
• Sohal, S. S.,  Reid, D.,  Soltani, A.,  Ward, C., Weston, S., Konrad Muller, H., Wood-Baker, R.,  & Walters, E. H.  (2010). Reticular basement membrane fragmentation and  potential epithelial mesenchymal transition is exaggerated in the airways of smokers  with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respirology, 15(6), 930-938.
• Soltani, A., Reid, D. W.,  Sohal, S. S., Wood-Baker, R., Weston, S., Konrad Muller, H. & Walters, E. H. (2010). Basement membrane and vascular remodelling in smokers and  chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A cross-sectional study.  Respiratory Research, 11(1), 105.

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Additional Information

Research Interests

• To understand the underlying mechanisms behind the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), effects of smoking and its relationship to lung cancer.