{"id":56,"date":"2007-11-09T11:44:13","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T15:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/pulmonaryfellowship\/researchprogram\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:47:22","slug":"researchprogram","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonary\/fellowships\/pulmonaryfellowship\/researchprogram\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine has been supporting fellows through a National Institutes of Health T32 program that has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1975, Biology of the Lung: A Multidisciplinary Program (NIH T32 HL007035<\/strong><\/a>), currently directed by Co-PIs, Darrell Kotton, MD, and Joseph P. Mizgerd, ScD, to provide research training in basic, clinical, and translational sciences. The goal of the fellowship program is to provide a training environment that is characterized by broad clinical and research opportunities, collegiality, and flexibility. <\/span><\/p>\n

To accomplish this goal, we have designed a robust curriculum and mentoring system for transitioning from the clinical to research portion of the fellowship training. An active discussion is initiated during the first year to help identify a suitable research mentor and project that will commence in the second year. To help with this process, trainees are relieved of clinical duty during the midway point of first year, usually in the first week of February so they may participate in our Introduction to Research course.\u00a0 This program is led by the research faculty and is designed to introduce the trainees to the research opportunities available to them. During this course, trainees listen in on research presentations, attend lab meetings as well as informal lunch sessions with faculty, and have protected time to meet with faculty to discuss possible research avenues. <\/span><\/p>\n

At the beginning of the second year, trainees participate in practical research training sessions on scientific writing, research integrity, oral presentations, and grant preparation. During the second and third year, clinical time is limited to allow immersion in the laboratory or clinical research setting, giving trainees ample opportunity to develop scholarly pursuits in the field of choice. Some fellows opt to supplement their research experience by taking graduate level courses in molecular biology, immunology, bioinformatics, public health, statistics, programming, and\/or epidemiology. Trainees are expected to present their work at national conferences and to publish their research findings, an important milestone for academic physicians.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The research opportunities are divided into four main sections: 1) Infection and Immunity; 2) Regenerative Medicine and Development; 3) Genomics and Bioinformatics; and 4) Clinical Research Sciences. They span over multiple disease interests including asthma\/COPD, COVID-19, critical care medicine, interstitial lung disease, tobacco use\/lung cancer, and pulmonary hypertension as well as various topic areas including pneumonia biology, immunology, regenerative medicine, computational biomedicine, health services, and implementation. Learn more about some of the research authored by current, recent, and former fellows including their research grant funding below.<\/p>\n

Peer-reviewed Publications by Current, Recent, and Former Fellows 2013-2026<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Publications by Topic Area: 2026-2027<\/strong><\/h3>
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Critical Care Medicine Research<\/strong><\/h4>\n