At the Emory Center for Respiratory Health, discoveries are creating new ways to predict and prevent illness and highlighting public policy issues related to lung disease.

Clinical research programs focus on lung fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary hypertension and asthma. Other examples of diseases under investigation include the genetic disorder, cystic fibrosis, and sleep-related breathing disorders such as sleep apnea.

In the laboratory, the Center's scientists examine epithelial cell biology and how genetic markers and other indicators predict respiratory health.

Press Releases

• Traffic Pollution Increases Respiratory Problems in Children (12/17/07)
• Alcohol May Amplify Chronic Rejection in Lung Transplants (11/30/07)
• Emory University Study Finds Persistent and Severe Asthma Associated with Obesity (5/23/07)

Articles

• "Breathing room," Momentum magazine, Winter 2007

Research, Education and Patient Care Links

• Emory Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
  
• Emory Center for Interstitial Lung Disease
• McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center
  
• Emory Clinic Sleep Disorders Center
  
• Emory Cystic Fibrosis Center
  

Media Contact

Holly Korschun
Director of Research Communications
404-727-3990
hkorsch@emory.edu

Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer both in the United States and worldwide. Yet many lung diseases, such as asthma, develop whether people smoke or not, and affect millions of children in smoggy urban areas.

Director

Jesse Roman, MD
Director
Emory Center for Respiratory Health

Biography