Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Research

The College of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine faculty participate in grant-funded research in the following areas:

Heart and Lungs

•  Lung cancer screening
• The evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules
• Lung cancer vaccine for the treatment and prevention of recurrent lung cancer in those already diagnosed with low to mid-stage lung cancer
• Antibody profiling and biomarkers for the detection of lung cancer
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) epidemiology
• COPD treatment clinical trials
• The role of TRPV1 receptor in bronchospasm in response to warm air stimulation and role of sex hormones and immunoscence in modulation of induced T regulatory cells and their influence on asthma
• The development of artificial lung technology and extracorporeal life support
• Humoral sensitization in lung transplantation
• Interstitial lung diseases
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
• Heart rate variability