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Tracheal and airway disorders

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Preetish Kadur Lakshminarasimha Murthy
University of Illinois Chicago
2
Ziyuan Che
Harvard University Press
3
Qisheng Yang
Hunan University
4
Shufei He
Harbin Institute of Technology
5
Stephanie Goya
University of Washington Medical Center
6
Rafael Paez
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
7
Alessandra Consolati
University of Aosta Valley
8
Enrico Karsten Hadde
Dairy Innovation Australia (Australia)
9
Ahmad N. Nabhan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
10
Fredrik Eika
Oslo University Hospital

Papers

1
Speaking without vocal folds using a machine-learning-assisted wearable sensing-actuation system
Nature Communications|2024
137 cit.
2
Mechanistic insight into the aggregation ability of anammox microorganisms: Roles of polarity, composition and molecular structure of extracellular polymeric substances
Water Research|2024
81 cit.
3
Standardized Phylogenetic Classification of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Below the Subgroup Level
Emerging infectious diseases|2024
68 cit.
4
Publication in Vaccines (2024) [63 citations, W4397005212]
Vaccines|2024
63 cit.
5
Multiple drivers and mechanisms of solid-water interfacial interactions in sludge dewatering: Roles of polarity and molecular structure of extracellular polymeric substances
Water Research|2024
35 cit.
6
Publication in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (2025) [27 citations, W4411045305]
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine|2025
27 cit.
7
Publication in Trials (2024) [18 citations, W4391028963]
Trials|2024
18 cit.
8
Genomic Epidemiology and Evolution of Rhinovirus in Western Washington State, 2021–2022
The Journal of Infectious Diseases|2024
10 cit.
9
A Membrane Magnetoelastic Generator for Acoustic Energy Harvesting
Advanced Science|2025
10 cit.
10
Phylodynamics of human metapneumovirus and evidence for a duplication-deletion model in G gene variant evolution
Journal of Clinical Virology|2025
8 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Shen-Yin Zhang
Unknown
2
Kariem El‐Boghdadly
King's College London
3
Purushothama Rao Tata
Duke University
4
Tendy Chiang
Nationwide Children's Hospital
5
Xiaobo Shao
Qilu University of Technology
6
Yaxu Zhou
China XD Group (China)
7
Talia S. Wolkin
Google (United States)
8
Laure‐Emmanuelle Zaragosi
Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
9
Omar Ortega
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
10
Klancie Dauer
University of Pittsburgh

Papers

1
Human distal lung maps and lineage hierarchies reveal a bipotent progenitor
Nature|2022
363 cit.
2
Early Estimate of Nirsevimab Effectiveness for Prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Hospitalization Among Infants Entering Their First Respiratory Syncytial Virus Season — New Vaccine Surveillance Network, October 2023–February 2024
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2024
202 cit.
3
Elective peri‐operative management of adults taking glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists, glucose‐dependent insulinotropic peptide agonists and sodium‐glucose cotransporter‐2 inhibitors: a multidisciplinary consensus statement
Anaesthesia|2025
97 cit.
4
Timing of elective surgery and risk assessment after <scp>SARS‐CoV</scp> ‐2 infection: an update
Anaesthesia|2022
80 cit.
5
Transitional cell states sculpt tissue topology during lung regeneration
Cell stem cell|2023
77 cit.
6
Defined conditions for long-term expansion of murine and human alveolar epithelial stem cells in three-dimensional cultures
STAR Protocols|2022
51 cit.
7
Standardizing nomenclature in regional anesthesia: an ASRA-ESRA Delphi consensus study of upper and lower limb nerve blocks
Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine|2023
42 cit.
8
Analysis of a national difficult airway database
Anaesthesia|2022
41 cit.
9
Timing of elective surgery and risk assessment after SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: 2023 update
Anaesthesia|2023
39 cit.
10
Tissue-engineered composite tracheal grafts create mechanically stable and biocompatible airway replacements
Journal of Tissue Engineering|2022
31 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
J. Hill
University of Central Lancashire
2
Àlvar Agustí
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias
3
Michael J. Welsh
University of Iowa
4
Anne L. Foundas
Louisiana Public Health Institute
5
Richard C. Boucher
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6
Brigid L.M. Hogan
Duke Medical Center
7
Thomas Roth
INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center
8
Douglas J. Mathisen
Massachusetts General Hospital
9
Ronald G. Crystal
Cornell University
10
Jeffrey B. Palmer
Johns Hopkins University

Papers

1
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews|2003
11.3k cit.
2
Long-term cardiovascular outcomes in men with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea with or without treatment with continuous positive airway pressure: an observational study
The Lancet|2005
4.7k cit.
3
Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2017 Report. GOLD Executive Summary
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine|2017
3.2k cit.
4
Long-term cardiovascular outcomes in men with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea with or without treatment with continuous positive airway pressure: an observational study
The Lancet|2005
1.9k cit.
5
Type 2 alveolar cells are stem cells in adult lung
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2013
1.8k cit.
6
Basal cells as stem cells of the mouse trachea and human airway epithelium
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2009
1.6k cit.
7
Mortality and Apnea Index in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
CHEST Journal|1988
1.5k cit.
8
Insomnia: Definition, Prevalence, Etiology, and Consequences
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine|2007
1.5k cit.
9
Cellular and Molecular Barriers to Gene Transfer by a Cationic Lipid
Journal of Biological Chemistry|1995
1.4k cit.
10
Processing of mutant cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator is temperature-sensitive
Nature|1992
1.2k cit.

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