About Us

Message from the Director

Photo of Joseph MizgerdWelcome!  The Pulmonary Center is a multidisciplinary group of researchers working together to combine basic, translational, and clinical science for studying lung biology and pulmonary disease.  You can learn more about us by exploring this website.  Our faculty includes clinicians and non-clinicians from Medicine and other departments, training PhD scientists (students and postdoctoral fellows) and MD scientists (students, residents, and clinical fellows).  We emphasize collegiality, curiosity, and team work in all of our activities.  Our discoveries are improving lung health and pulmonary medicine.

– Joseph P. Mizgerd, ScD
Director, Pulmonary Center