Ongoing Research

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine is active in several areas of research, including:

• 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
• 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
• Muscle dysfunction in the critically ill patient
• Modulation of muscle dysfunction in ICU patients with respiratory failure
• New modalities in the treatment of sepsis
• The development of artificial lung technology and extracorporeal life support
• Humoral sensitization in lung transplantation
• Obstructive sleep apnea
• Sleep and motor vehicle accidents
• Interstitial lung diseases