2021 in Review: Our Most Engaging Research, a Top 10 List

It has been a productive year for Institute faculty, nearly 300 publications, many of those as first- or senior-author. Our clinician-researchers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic kept pace, producing high-impact work on the evolving novel coronavirus and its effect on hospitals and healthcare workers. All investigators faced year two of the pandemic head-on.

Research Recap: December 20 - December 31

A biweekly overview of recent studies published by Institute investigators and their collaborators spans a wide variety of topics, including:

The FDA Sentinel System; using epigenetics to measure the effects of breastfeeding; the pharmacogenetics of bronchodilator response; ventilator-associated pneumonia in COVID-19 patients; gestational diabetes risk factors; biologically actionable insights into inhaled corticosteroid  response in asthma patients

Research Recap: Weeks of November 8 – November 19

A biweekly overview of recent studies published by Institute investigators and their collaborators spans a wide variety of topics, including:

Mepolizumab for severe asthma; the global pediatric obesity epidemic; hospital respiratory protection policies in the COVID era; how provider biases may influence PrEP implementation; whether cesarean delivery affects pubertal development; examining the effectiveness of an employee COVID attestation system; and ventilator-associated events.