2026 David B. Peden: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	65	2866	2644	1353	1239	298	13478

Overview

David B. Peden is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Immunology and Allergy, and Pharmacology.

The main topics of their work include air quality and health impacts, asthma and respiratory diseases, climate change and health impacts, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, medical and biological ozone research, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, and energy and environment impacts.

David B. Peden has contributed research to several scientific journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

UNC Libraries
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
World Allergy Organization Journal
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global
Inhalation Toxicology

Their recent papers showcase a range of topics related to air pollution, respiratory health, and the effects of environmental factors on allergic and pulmonary conditions. Some notable recent publications are:

Outdoor Air Pollution and New-Onset Airway Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report, 2020, Annals of the American Thoracic Society
International expert consensus on the management of allergic rhinitis (AR) aggravated by air pollutants, 2020, World Allergy Organization Journal
Air pollution and indoor settings, 2021, World Allergy Organization Journal
COVID-19, asthma, and biological therapies: What we need to know, 2020, World Allergy Organization Journal
Gamma-tocopherol, a major form of vitamin E in diets: Insights into antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, mechanisms, and roles in disease management, 2021, Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David B. Peden include:

Neil E. Alexis
Michelle L. Hernandez
Ignacio J. Ansotegui
Martha Almond
David Díaz-Sánchez

Their body of work reflects an interdisciplinary approach, combining environmental science and clinical medicine to investigate how air quality and pollutants affect respiratory and immune system health. This includes research into the effects of climate change on respiratory diseases and the role of biological responses to environmental exposures.

Best Publications

Health effects of air pollution

Jonathan A. Bernstein;Neil Alexis;Charles Barnes;I. Leonard Bernstein

1102
Citations
Climate change and allergic disease

Katherine M. Shea;Robert T. Truckner;Richard W. Weber;David B. Peden

414
Citations
Workshop to identify critical windows of exposure for children's health: immune and respiratory systems work group summary.

Rodney R. Dietert;Ruth A. Etzel;David Chen;Marilyn Halonen

408
Citations
Asthma outcomes: Exacerbations

Anne Fuhlbrigge;David B Peden;Andrea J. Apter;Homer A. Boushey

357
Citations
Environmental determinants of allergy and asthma in early life

Allison J. Burbank;Amika K. Sood;Matthew J. Kesic;David B. Peden

328
Citations
Environmental and occupational allergies.

David B Peden;Charles E. Reed

265
Citations
Ozone exposure has both a priming effect on allergen-induced responses and an intrinsic inflammatory action in the nasal airways of perennially allergic asthmatics.

D B Peden;R W Setzer;R B Devlin

251
Citations
Lung Function and Inflammatory Responses in Healthy Young Adults Exposed to 0.06 ppm Ozone for 6.6 Hours

Chong S. Kim;Neil E. Alexis;Ana G. Rappold;Howard Kehrl

249
Citations
Low-Power Wearable Systems for Continuous Monitoring of Environment and Health for Chronic Respiratory Disease

James Dieffenderfer;Henry Goodell;Steven Mills;Michael McKnight

221
Citations
The epidemiology and genetics of asthma risk associated with air pollution.

David B. Peden

215
Citations
Uric acid is a major antioxidant in human nasal airway secretions.

David B. Peden;Robert Hohman;Mary E. Brown;Robert T. Mason

209
Citations
Biological material on inhaled coarse fraction particulate matter activates airway phagocytes in vivo in healthy volunteers.

Neil E. Alexis;John C. Lay;Kirby Zeman;William E. Bennett

205
Citations
Coarse particulate matter (PM2.5-10) affects heart rate variability, blood lipids, and circulating eosinophils in adults with asthma.

Karin Yeatts;Erik Svendsen;John Creason;Neil E. Alexis

189
Citations
Development of atopy and asthma: candidate environmental influences and important periods of exposure.

David B. Peden

163
Citations
The Relationship of Mucus Concentration (Hydration) to Mucus Osmotic Pressure and Transport in Chronic Bronchitis

Wayne H. Anderson;Raymond D. Coakley;Brian Button;Ashley G. Henderson

161
Citations
International expert consensus on the management of allergic rhinitis (AR) aggravated by air pollutants: Impact of air pollution on patients with AR: Current knowledge and future strategies.

Robert Naclerio;Ignacio J. Ansotegui;Jean Bousquet;G. Walter Canonica

156
Citations
Increased specific airway reactivity of persons with mild allergic asthma after 7.6 hours of exposure to 0.16 ppm ozone.

Howard R. Kehrl;David B. Peden;Beth Ball;Larry J. Folinsbee

140
Citations
Different expression ratio of S100A8/A9 and S100A12 in acute and chronic lung diseases.

Eva Lorenz;Marianne S. Muhlebach;Philippe A. Tessier;Neil E. Alexis

139
Citations
Air pollution in asthma: effect of pollutants on airway inflammation

David B. Peden

138
Citations
Air pollution and indoor settings

Nelson Augusto Rosário Filho;Marilyn Urrutia-Pereira;Gennaro D'Amato;Lorenzo Cecchi

137
Citations
CD14-dependent airway neutrophil response to inhaled LPS: role of atopy.

Neil Alexis;Marlowe Eldridge;William Reed;Philip Bromberg

136
Citations
Allergen provocation augments endotoxin-induced nasal inflammation in subjects with atopic asthma

Marlowe W. Eldridge;Marlowe W. Eldridge;David B. Peden;David B. Peden

133
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil E. Alexis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jenny P.-Y. Ting University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Michael A. Kaliner National Institutes of Health

Steven R. Kleeberger National Institutes of Health

Vincent Castranova West Virginia University

Ignacio J. Ansotegui World Allergy Organization

Jack R. Harkema Michigan State University

Wanda Phipatanakul Boston Children's Hospital

Stanley J. Szefler University of Colorado Denver

John Lach George Washington University

External Links

Personal website of David B. Peden

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