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Prior to Propellerheads' formation, Alex Gifford played as a backing saxophonist for The Stranglers appearing on the albums Dreamtime (1986) and 10 (1990) as well as the live album All Live and All of the Night (1988). Their first release was an EP named Dive!, released in 1996 through the independent label Wall of Sound.
Alex H. Gifford, MD, FCCP, is Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program at University Hospitals. Dr. Gifford also serves as Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Center in the Leroy W. Matthews Cystic Fibrosis Center at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.
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Alex Gifford. Email. alex.gifford@case.edu. Phone. 216.465.6786. Office Location: CMC RBC Ste 604. UH Cleveland Medical Center. 11100 Euclid Ave. Cleveland OH, 44106. Associate Professor, Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, School of Medicine. Alex H. Gifford, MD, FCCP, is Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program at University Hospitals. Dr.
- Rich History of Leadership in CF Care
- CFTR Modulators
- Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
- Gene Therapy
- Biological Markers of CFTR Function
- Excellence in Cystic Fibrosis Care
The LeRoy W. Matthews Cystic Fibrosis Center was named after the founder of the center, a visionary physician-scientist who in the late 1950s established one of the first comprehensive care clinics in the country for the treatment of CF. By the early 1960s, survival of patients with CF, mostly young children back then, was markedly greater in Cleve...
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s has participated in multiple clinical trials testing the efficacy of drugs that improve salt and water balance in body tissues by restoring function of the CFTR protein. CFTR modulators significantly improve lung function, reduce the frequency and severity of pulmonary exacerbations, and improve pati...
University Hospitals is involved in trials evaluating anti-infective therapies to treat people with CF who have infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens. “We’re always looking for new strategies to combat infections,” Dr. Gifford says. “One of the approaches currently being tested is the use of intravenous gallium, an element with proper...
“CF is caused by mutations in the CFTR gene that cause both qualitative and quantitative dysfunction in epithelial cells,” Dr. Gifford says. “If we can insert copies of normal CFTR DNA into these cells, they might start making CFTR protein that works normally, which should improve lung health.” “Gene therapy strategies hold promise for the roughly ...
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s has been enrolling adults and children with CF in a large study designed to understand natural variations and the effects of CFTR modulator treatment on sweat chloride levels, the biological marker of CFTR function used to screen for the disease. “Although we have used sweat chloride as a diagnostic ...
“Patients followed at our CF Center benefit in many ways from the close integration of our clinical and research teams,” Dr. Gifford says. “These teams routinely communicate with each other and work together during weekly adult and pediatric CF clinics.” Data from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry has shown a steady increase in median...
The Propellerheads are Alex Gifford, born in the mid-1960s, and Will White, a decade Gifford ’ s junior. Gifford spent his formative years steeped in the music of James Brown , Parliament, and Booker T and the MGs, and as an adult became a session musician, engineer and producer.
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Nov 19, 2023 · Clinical practices borne out of necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic laid the groundwork for successful remote monitoring of CF patients, says project leader and CF specialist Alex H. Gifford, MD, FCCP, Co-Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Center, Leroy W. Matthews Cystic Fibrosis Center at UH Rainbow. Dr.
About Alex Gifford. Alex Gifford is best known as being in the electronic duo Propellerheads, which had their prime in the late ‘90s. He is shown on the cover of the Ep Dive alongside Will...
