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Respiratory and Cough-Related Research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Madhurananda Pahar
Stellenbosch University
2
Arka Roy
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
3
Lara Orlandic
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
4
Bridgette K. Martinak
University of Alabama at Birmingham
5
Elise Granton
University of Calgary
6
Maude A. Liegeois
University of California, San Francisco
7
Elena Kum
McMaster University
8
Alessia Balestrini
Sapienza University of Rome
9
Barnaby Hirons
King's College London
10
Siddhartha Gairola
Microsoft Research (India)

Papers

1
Biofilm exopolysaccharides alter sensory-neuron-mediated sickness during lung infection
Cell|2024
71 cit.
2
Publication in Psychopharmacology Bulletin (2025) [43 citations, W2981820140]
Psychopharmacology Bulletin|2025
43 cit.
3
A Novel Multi-Head Self-Organized Operational Neural Network Architecture for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Detection Using Lung Sounds
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing|2024
35 cit.
4
The development of the Cough Hypersensitivity Questionnaire for chronic cough
ERJ Open Research|2024
21 cit.
5
Pulmo-TS2ONN: A Novel Triple Scale Self Operational Neural Network for Pulmonary Disorder Detection Using Respiratory Sounds
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement|2024
19 cit.
6
Emerging trends on nanomaterial-based simultaneous electrochemical sensing of dopamine and acetaminophen
Results in Chemistry|2024
14 cit.
7
Publication in European Respiratory Journal (2024) [12 citations, W4403097972]
European Respiratory Journal|2024
12 cit.
8
RS-2-BP: A Unified Deep Learning Framework for Deriving EIT-Based Breathing Patterns From Respiratory Sounds
IEEE Signal Processing Letters|2024
8 cit.
9
Publication in ERJ Open Research (2024) [7 citations, W4402477251]
ERJ Open Research|2024
7 cit.
10
Publication in Lung (2024) [5 citations, W4400409274]
Lung|2024
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Vigneshwaran Easwaran
King Khalid University
2
Isaac M. Chiu
Harvard University
3
MohamedS Al-Hajjaj
University of Sharjah
4
Tanvir Walele
Imperial Brands (United Kingdom)
5
Eugene R. Cunningham
American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery
6
Jonathan Schelfhout
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)
7
Ee Lyn Su
Royal Children's Hospital
8
Gregory D. Scott
Oregon Health & Science University
9
Yoshihiro Kanemitsu
Nagoya City University
10
Timothy Hinks
University of Oxford

Papers

1
Nociceptor neurons direct goblet cells via a CGRP-RAMP1 axis to drive mucus production and gut barrier protection
Cell|2022
211 cit.
2
Bacteria hijack a meningeal neuroimmune axis to facilitate brain invasion
Nature|2023
208 cit.
3
Gasdermin-E mediates mitochondrial damage in axons and neurodegeneration
Neuron|2023
124 cit.
4
A chemogenetic screen reveals that Trpv1-expressing neurons control regulatory T cells in the gut
Science|2024
98 cit.
5
Sub‐stratification of type‐2 high airway disease for therapeutic decision‐making: A ‘bomb’ (blood eosinophils) meets ‘magnet’ (<scp>FeNO</scp>) framework
Respirology|2022
47 cit.
6
Prevalence of chronic cough and patient characteristics in adults in Spain: A population-based cross-sectional survey
Chronic Respiratory Disease|2022
30 cit.
7
Validation and Meaningful Change Thresholds for an Objective Cough Frequency Measurement in Chronic Cough
Lung|2022
24 cit.
8
Lifelong Association of Disorders Related to Military Trauma with Subsequent Parkinson's Disease
Movement Disorders|2023
24 cit.
9
Identifying Bacterial Airways Infection in Stable Severe Asthma Using Oxford Nanopore Sequencing Technologies
Microbiology Spectrum|2022
20 cit.
10
Longitudinal changes in sputum and blood inflammatory mediators during FeNO suppression testing
Thorax|2022
19 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Peter J. Barnes
Imperial College London
2
Holger J. Schünemann
Humanitas University
3
Emiel F.�M. Wouters
Maastricht University
4
Richard ZuWallack
Trinity Health
5
Benjamin W. Berg
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
6
Peter J. Sterk
Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam
7
Bradley J. Undem
Johns Hopkins University
8
W. Gerald Teague
University of Virginia
9
Peter G. Gibson
University Gastroenterology
10
Ian Pavord
Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom)

Papers

1
GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations
BMJ|2008
22.1k cit.
2
An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Statement: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Evidence-based Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine|2011
7.3k cit.
3
Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD: a summary of the ATS/ERS position paper
European Respiratory Journal|2004
4.4k cit.
4
International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma
European Respiratory Journal|2013
3.9k cit.
5
An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Key Concepts and Advances in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine|2013
3.9k cit.
6
GRADE guidelines 6. Rating the quality of evidence—imprecision
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology|2011
2.7k cit.
7
Guidelines for Methacholine and Exercise Challenge Testing—1999: T <scp>his Official Statement of the American Thoracic Society Was Adopted by the ATS Board of Directors, July</scp> 1999
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine|2000
2.5k cit.
8
GRADE guidelines: 7. Rating the quality of evidence—inconsistency
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology|2011
2.4k cit.
9
Mepolizumab for severe eosinophilic asthma (DREAM): a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
The Lancet|2012
2.2k cit.
10
Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines—2016 revision
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology|2017
2k cit.

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