Research Program

Research in the Pulmonary Center is elucidating the biology of healthy lungs, discovering mechanisms responsible for pulmonary disease, and translating these discoveries to clinical breakthroughs. Aspects of healthy lungs of especial interest include lung development and cellular differentiation within the lungs. Diseases of particular interest include asthma, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, tuberculosis, COPD, lung cancer, and pulmonary fibrosis. Translational avenues include bioinformatics analyses of patient samples, regenerative medicine, and clinical trials. The Pulmonary Center encompasses >20,000 square feet of research space, with state of the art equipment and facilities for molecular, cellular, physiological, and epidemiological investigations.