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Areas of Research

 

*      Development of hardware and computer techniques for the measurement of lung function in infants.

 

*      Acoustic analysis of breath sounds for the detection and quantification of wheezing in infants and young children.

 

*      Studies of bronchial reactivity in infants, children and adults with asthma and other types of chronic lung disease.

 

*      Studies of nitric oxide levels in normal adults and children and in patients with lung disease.

 

*      Development of diagnostic techniques for detecting gastroesophageal reflux and aspiration in animal models and in young children.

 

*      Lung function methodology

 

*      Mechanisms of lung fibrosis

 

*      Positron emission tomography (PET) scan in lung cancer

 

*      Screening and early detection of lung cancer

 

*      Genetic predisposition for lung cancer

 

*      Pulmonary hypertension including genetic screening

 

*      Chemokines and Asthma

 

*      Murine model of post-transplant bronchiolitis obliterans

 

*      Predicting diagnosis and disease activity of interstitial lung disease with the aid of positron emission tomography (PET) scan.






            
  
 


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