Since 1998, the Respiratory Research Center, formerly the Rehabilitation Clinical Trials Center (RCTC), at The Lundquist Institute has conducted cutting-edge clinical and translational research to improve the lives of patients with chronic lung diseases.
Our UCLA-affiliated research team, headed by Medical Directors Drs. Richard Casaburi and William Stringer, has pioneered new diagnostics, medications, devices and therapies to improve breathing, enhance exercise tolerance, promote physical activity and reduce exacerbations in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Our center has published over 450 original research articles in leading medical journals on respiratory physiology and medicine, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, pulmonary rehabilitation and COPD.
Our research team is dedicated to improving exercise tolerance, physical activity and quality of life of patients living with chronic respiratory diseases.
