2026 Sally E. Wenzel: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	128	377	358	227	213	587	77049
Immunology	133	206	191	134	123	585	81815
Medicine	133	2190	2039	1237	1136	586	81815

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Sally E. Wenzel is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and has a research portfolio primarily situated within the field of Medicine. Their work emphasizes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Physiology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

The main topics explored in their research include:

Asthma and respiratory diseases
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization

Frequent publication venues featuring their work are:

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
UNC Libraries
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

Mario Castro
Elliot Israel
Bruce D. Levy
John V. Fahy
David T. Mauger

Notable recent papers include:

Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes (2020, Nature)
COVID-19-related Genes in Sputum Cells in Asthma. Relationship to Demographic Features and Corticosteroids (2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
Effect of tezepelumab on airway inflammatory cells, remodelling, and hyperresponsiveness in patients with moderate-to-severe uncontrolled asthma (CASCADE): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial (2021, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
Evidence for Exacerbation-Prone Asthma and Predictive Biomarkers of Exacerbation Frequency (2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
Intersection of biology and therapeutics: type 2 targeted therapeutics for adult asthma (2020, The Lancet)

Best Publications

International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma

Kian Fan Chung;Sally E. Wenzel;Jan L. Brozek;Andrew Bush

4568
Citations
Global strategy for asthma management and prevention: GINA executive summary.

Bateman Ed;Hurd Ss;Barnes Pj;Bousquet J

4335
Citations
Asthma phenotypes: the evolution from clinical to molecular approaches

Sally E Wenzel

2966
Citations
Identification of Asthma Phenotypes Using Cluster Analysis in the Severe Asthma Research Program

Wendy C. Moore;Deborah A. Meyers;Sally E. Wenzel;W. Gerald Teague

2638
Citations
Dupilumab Efficacy and Safety in Moderate-to-Severe Uncontrolled Asthma

Mario Castro;Jonathan Corren;Ian D. Pavord;Jorge Maspero

1930
Citations
An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: asthma control and exacerbations: standardizing endpoints for clinical asthma trials and clinical practice.

Helen K. Reddel;D. Robin Taylor;Eric D. Bateman;Louis-Philippe Boulet

1802
Citations
Oral Glucocorticoid-Sparing Effect of Mepolizumab in Eosinophilic Asthma

Elisabeth H. Bel;Sally E. Wenzel;Philip J. Thompson;Charlene M. Prazma

1792
Citations
Evidence That Severe Asthma Can Be Divided Pathologically into Two Inflammatory Subtypes with Distinct Physiologic and Clinical Characteristics

Sally E. Wenzel;Lawrence B. Schwartz;Esther L. Langmack;Janet L. Halliday

1551
Citations
Asthma endotypes: A new approach to classification of disease entities within the asthma syndrome

Jan Lötvall;Cezmi A. Akdis;Leonard B. Bacharier;Leif Bjermer

1520
Citations
Dupilumab in persistent asthma with elevated eosinophil levels.

Sally Wenzel;Linda Ford;David Pearlman;Sheldon Spector

1501
Citations
Asthma: defining of the persistent adult phenotypes.

Sally E Wenzel

1397
Citations
After asthma: redefining airways diseases

Ian D Pavord;Richard Beasley;Alvar Agusti;Gary P Anderson

1098
Citations
Dupilumab efficacy and safety in adults with uncontrolled persistent asthma despite use of medium-to-high-dose inhaled corticosteroids plus a long-acting β2 agonist: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled pivotal phase 2b dose-ranging trial

Sally Wenzel;Mario Castro;Jonathan Corren;Jorge Maspero

1086
Citations
Characterization of the severe asthma phenotype by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Severe Asthma Research Program

Wendy C. Moore;Eugene R. Bleecker;Douglas Curran-Everett;Serpil C. Erzurum

1077
Citations
Bronchoscopic evaluation of severe asthma. Persistent inflammation associated with high dose glucocorticoids.

Sally E. Wenzel;Stanley J. Szefler;Donald Y. M. Leung;Steven I. Sloan

1076
Citations
Oral Glucocorticoid-Sparing Effect of Benralizumab in Severe Asthma.

Parameswaran Nair;Sally Wenzel;Klaus F. Rabe;Arnaud Bourdin

1050
Citations
Exploring the effects of omalizumab in allergic asthma: an analysis of biomarkers in the EXTRA study.

Nicola A. Hanania;Sally Wenzel;Karin Rosén;Hsin-Ju Hsieh

1049
Citations
Uniform definition of asthma severity, control, and exacerbations: Document presented for the World Health Organization Consultation on Severe Asthma

Jean Bousquet;Jean Bousquet;Eva Mantzouranis;Alvaro A. Cruz;Nadia Aït-Khaled

998
Citations
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations

Dara G. Torgerson;Dara G. Torgerson;Elizabeth J. Ampleford;Grace Y. Chiu;W. James Gauderman

964
Citations
A study to evaluate safety and efficacy of mepolizumab in patients with moderate persistent asthma.

Patrick Flood-Page;Cheri Swenson;Isidore Faiferman;John Matthews

904
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene R. Bleecker University of Arizona

Mario Castro Washington University in St. Louis

Serpil C. Erzurum Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Nizar N. Jarjour University of Wisconsin–Madison

Wendy C. Moore Wake Forest University

Elliot Israel Brigham and Women's Hospital

William W. Busse University of Wisconsin–Madison

Benjamin Gaston Indiana University

John V. Fahy University of California, San Francisco

Stephen P. Peters Wake Forest University

External Links

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