Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT): The Lung Health Center has a state-of-the-art PFT lab which can perform spirometry, body plethysmography, diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO), impulse oscillometry, 6-minute walk tests, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

Lung Imaging: The UAB Lung Imaging Lab focuses on the use of advanced imaging techniques and image processing to aid early diagnosis and phenotyping of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung diseases. Members of the lab bring complementary expertise in pulmonary, radiology, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science. Candidates can avail of quantitative analyses of CT scans.

Laboratory of Integrative ‘Omics: This lab has expertise in ‘omics analyses as well as cell biology, genetic epidemiology, biostatistics, statistical genetics, computer programming, bioinformatics, and network theory.

Biorepository: The Lung Health Center maintains a biorepository of human samples including serum, plasma, and induced sputum from current and former smokers with COPD and healthy control subjects. Some of the services such as spirometry, lung imaging, and genetics analyses support may involve a fee.

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