March 2020

PULMONARY

EXAMINING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN COVID-19 AND PNEUMONIA

Featuring: Richard Wunderink, MD

Episode Summary

Richard Wunderink, MD, is a professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care and a world-renowned expert in pneumonia. He shares his research and work on the Successful Clinical Response in Pneumonia Therapy (SCRIPT) project, including factors in the host that determine the susceptibility to develop pneumonia from viruses such as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), how it differs from other coronaviruses and how his work could translate into potential therapies. 
Richard Wunderink, MD research interests revolve around understanding the risk factors, including host genetic risk, and improving outcomes of critically ill patients with serious infections. This includes severe community-acquired pneumonia, sepsis of all causes, and nosocomial infections, particularly ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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