Respiratory Physiology and Sleep Disorders
An active research program in ventilatory control, respiratory failure, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, and polysomnography studies.

Tuberculosis
Clinical investigations of techniques used to enhance the host response, gene expression during infection, site-specific immune response, co-infection with HIV, and more.

Lung Cancer
Basic science research and clinical studies are conducted on lung cancer, adenoviral gene therapy, helical CT scanning, fluorescence bronchoscopy, and more.

Asthma
Epidemiologic studies include the investigation of particulate-matter pollution and asthma, gene transcription, and more.

Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease
Study of asbestos-exposed workers, tracking the repiratory health of persons working at and living near the World Trade Center disaster site, various studies using trangenic mice, and more.

Critical Care
Clinical and basic science research involving new agents for treating and monitoring Adult Repiratory Distress Syndrom (ARDS), ventilation and treatment of respiratory failure, and more.