Recent UPMC Research Highlights in Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine
April 22, 2026
UPMC’s team of experts continue to lead groundbreaking research on new discoveries, approaches, and treatments in pulmonary and lung diseases.
New approaches to uncover COPD pathobiology and develop therapies - PubMed
In this review, Divay Chandra, MD and Kambez Benam, PhD, worked alongside a team of experts to explore the current understanding of COPD risk factors, including genetic and epigenetic determinants and how they interact with the microbiome and environmental exposures.
Association of reduced REM sleep with mortality in adults with coronary artery disease and obstructive sleep apnea in the RICCADSA cohort - PubMed
This research, featuring work from Patrick Strollo, MD, examines how identifying diminished REM sleep can help identify particularly vulnerable patients with coronary artery disease and obstructive sleep apnea.
Post-Pulmonary Embolism Syndrome: New Phenotypes Come into Focus - PubMed
The acute phase of pulmonary embolism (PE) can have a severe and potentially life-threatening impact. This review, with contributions from Belinda Rivera-Lebron, MD, outlines the different Post-PE syndrome phenotypes, diagnosis and workup, and management following acute pulmonary embolism.
