Rate My Professor David Riches

David W. H. Riches, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at National Jewish Health, where he serves as Head of the Division of Cell Biology. He is also a Professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology and in the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado Denver. Dr. Riches earned his PhD from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom in 1979. His research centers on the intersection of lung immunity and fibrosis, with particular emphasis on the roles of macrophages and fibroblastic cells. His laboratory employs basic and translational approaches to investigate mechanisms underlying pulmonary fibrosis, macrophage functional programming, cytokine-induced signal transduction, and the regulation of fibroblast and myofibroblast apoptosis, utilizing mouse models as well as studies of lung tissues and cells from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and related conditions.