The Lung Health Center currently has ongoing research in lung fibrosis, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, COPD, Emphysema, Asthma, Pneumonia Airways Disease, bronchoscopic sampling and interventional trials, stress and social determinants of health in COPD, and early palliative care in COPD. 

Current cores within the Lung Health Center include the Human Pulmonary Function Laboratory, the Biospecimen Repository, the Multiplexed Opsonophagocytic Assay (MOPA) Core, the Lung Imaging Core, and the Genomics Core.

Lung Health Center faculty members have been consistently ranked among the top programs for respiratory disease in the nation by US News and World Report and Best Doctors in America. Locally, our contributions to medical student and resident education are recognized year after year as among the best in the department and the medical center. Many of our research projects involve close collaboration between the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine and other clinical and basic science departments on campus and/or at other academic institutions throughout the Nation.