2026 Michael J. Welsh: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	155	975	896	559	501	558	81279

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
2000 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Michael J. Welsh is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a concentration in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Genetics.

The research work of Michael J. Welsh addresses several main topics, including:

Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
Tracheal and airway disorders
Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
Asthma and respiratory diseases
Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael J. Welsh include:

David A. Stoltz
Ian M. Thornell
Tayyab Rehman
Alejandro A. Pezzulo
Nandakumar S. Narayanan

Michael J. Welsh has published extensively in the following venues:

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology

Selected recent papers include:

"Association of Glycolysis-Enhancing α-1 Blockers With Risk of Developing Parkinson Disease," 2021, JAMA Neurology
"Combining Ivacaftor and Intensive Antibiotics Achieves Limited Clearance of Cystic Fibrosis Infections," 2021, mBio
"CFTR-rich ionocytes mediate chloride absorption across airway epithelia," 2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation
"Inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-17 enhance the efficacy of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator modulators," 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation
"A pilot to assess target engagement of terazosin in Parkinson's disease," 2021, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

The scientist is a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2000 and was awarded fellowships by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1999 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1998.

Best Publications

Molecular mechanisms of CFTR chloride channel dysfunction in cystic fibrosis

Michael J. Welsh;Alan E. Smith

2071
Citations
Quorum-sensing signals indicate that cystic fibrosis lungs are infected with bacterial biofilms

Pradeep K. Singh;Amy L. Schaefer;Matthew R. Parsek;Thomas O. Moninger

1992
Citations
Cellular and Molecular Barriers to Gene Transfer by a Cationic Lipid

Joseph Zabner;Al J. Fasbender;Tom Moninger;Kristi A. Poellinger

1873
Citations
Cystic Fibrosis Airway Epithelia Fail to Kill Bacteria Because of Abnormal Airway Surface Fluid

Jeffrey J Smith;Sue M Travis;E.Peter Greenberg;Michael J Welsh;Michael J Welsh

1516
Citations
Processing of mutant cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator is temperature-sensitive.

Gerene M. Denning;Matthew P. Anderson;Jane F. Amara;John Marshall

1504
Citations
Demonstration That CFTR Is a Chloride Channel by Alteration of Its Anion Selectivity

Matthew P. Anderson;Richard J. Gregory;Simon Thompson;David W. Souza

1384
Citations
Structure and Function of the CFTR Chloride Channel

David N. Sheppard;Michael J. Welsh

1374
Citations
A component of innate immunity prevents bacterial biofilm development

Pradeep K. Singh;Matthew R. Parsek;E. Peter Greenberg;E. Peter Greenberg;Michael J. Welsh;Michael J. Welsh;Michael J. Welsh

1354
Citations
Neuroprotection in ischemia: blocking calcium-permeable acid-sensing ion channels.

Zhi-Gang Xiong;Xiao-Man Zhu;Xiang-Ping Chu;Manabu Minami

1273
Citations
Reduced airway surface pH impairs bacterial killing in the porcine cystic fibrosis lung

Alejandro A. Pezzulo;Xiao Xiao Tang;Mark J. Hoegger;Mahmoud H. Abou Alaiwa

951
Citations
Disruption of the CFTR gene produces a model of cystic fibrosis in newborn pigs.

Christopher S. Rogers;David A. Stoltz;David K. Meyerholz;Lynda S. Ostedgaard

899
Citations
Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer transiently corrects the chloride transport defect in nasal epithelia of patients with cystic fibrosis

Joseph Zabner;Larry A. Couture;Richard J. Gregory;Scott M. Graham

823
Citations
Expression of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator corrects defective chloride channel regulation in cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells.

Devra P. Rich;Matthew P. Anderson;Richard J. Gregory;Seng H. Cheng

813
Citations
Production of β-defensins by human airway epithelia

Pradeep K. Singh;Hong Peng Jia;Kerry Wiles;Jay Hesselberth

809
Citations
Phosphorylation of the R domain by cAMP-dependent protein kinase regulates the CFTR chloride channel

S.H. Cheng;D.P. Rich;J. Marshall;R.J. Gregory

806
Citations
The acid-activated ion channel ASIC contributes to synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory.

John A. Wemmie;Jianguo Chen;Jianguo Chen;Candice C. Askwith;Candice C. Askwith;Alesia M. Hruska-Hageman;Alesia M. Hruska-Hageman

801
Citations
Motile Cilia of Human Airway Epithelia Are Chemosensory

Alok S. Shah;Yehuda Ben-Shahar;Yehuda Ben-Shahar;Thomas O. Moninger;Joel N. Kline

774
Citations
Origins of Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease

David A. Stoltz;David K. Meyerholz;Michael J. Welsh

763
Citations
The DRASIC Cation Channel Contributes to the Detection of Cutaneous Touch and Acid Stimuli in Mice

Margaret P. Price;Sabrina L. McIlwrath;Jinghui Xie;Chun Cheng

738
Citations
Generation of cAMP-activated chloride currents by expression of CFTR

Matthew P. Anderson;Devra P. Rich;Richard J. Gregory;Alan E. Smith

706
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