Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Research

Improving patient outcomes through research

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine is dedicated to gaining new knowledge about disease so we can improve the quality of life of our patients. We have a growing program in clinical research and we are actively recruiting people to participate in one of our clinical trials. We have trials centered on both outpatient (clinic) and inpatient (ICU) locations.

Pulmonary Clinical Trials Office (PCTO)

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine is dedicated to gaining new knowledge about disease so we can improve the quality of life of our patients. We have a growing program in clinical research and we are actively recruiting people to participate in our clinical trials. We have trials centered on both outpatient (clinic) and inpatient locations. Contact us at 614-293-4978.

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Clinical and basic science research

Clinical research not only generates new knowledge but also allows us to offer patients the opportunity to receive new cutting edge therapies and most importantly, extensive one-on-one education. Our patients have expressed a high degree of satisfaction after participating in our trials and cite the educational benefits as the best part of the experience. We also have a robust basic science research program spanning several areas of cutting edge investigation.

Airways Disease Research

Our Airway Disease Research Program centers on translational research in the following areas with the goals of improving the lives of patients with airway diseases and understanding the basic mechanisms of these diseases to further advance the efforts for a cure:

COPD
Asthma
Cystic fibrosis
Bronchiolitis
Sarcoidosis

Our research includes studies on both the individual disease process and on underlying mechanisms they may have in common. We have a clinical research focus on promoting both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic disease interventions.

Multi-Center Clinical Research

Our centers participate in several national multi-center clinical research networks which conduct large simple clinical and translational research trials. Our airways disorders team also collaborates with several basic science labs centered on investigating the underlying inflammatory host response among airway diseases.

We are also active in testing novel treatments, such as exercise therapy, based on individual patient characteristics such as smoking status, HIV status, environmental allergies, age, gender and race, among others.
Personalized Healthcare Collaborations
We fully embrace The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s commitment to personalized healthcare and translation of research findings to the Lung Center. We are active in the NIH sponsored Research Match program, which allows patients to volunteer for research studies.

In addition to our national network partners, we collaborate with investigators at OSU from the departments of:
- Dentistry
- Pharmacology
- Informatics
- Public Health
- Veterinary Medicine
- Neurosurgery
- Sports Medicine
- Otolaryngology
- Immunology
- Psychiatry
We also have active collaborative relationships with investigators based at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and interact with our medical center's signature programs in critical care and cancer.
Airways Disease Research Team
The airways disease research team includes:

Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Research

Improving patient outcomes through research

Pulmonary Clinical Trials Office (PCTO)

Clinical and basic science research

Airways Disease Research

Multi-Center Clinical Research

Personalized Healthcare Collaborations

Airways Disease Research Team

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