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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

William N. Rom is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics of William N. Rom's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Climate Change Communication and Perception, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Public Health and Nutrition, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, and Radiation Dose and Imaging.

Frequent publication venues for their research include the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Respiratory Research, Preprints.org, and Frontiers in Climate.

The scientist has co-authored papers with several researchers, including Knut Ringen, Kent E. Pinkerton, Sheldon W. Samuels, Arthur L. Frank, and Aishwarya Rao.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by William N. Rom include:

  • "Value of metalloproteinases in predicting COPD in heavy urban smokers," 2020, Respiratory Research
  • "Ethical thinking in occupational and environmental medicine: Commentaries from the Selikoff Fund for Occupational and Environmental Cancer Research," 2022, American Journal of Industrial Medicine
  • "A New Model of Learning: Environmental Health in a Global World," 2023, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Annals of Education: Teaching Climate Change and Global Public Health," 2023, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "On-line Supplement: Presentation Slides A New Model of Learning: Environmental Health in a Global World," 2023, Preprints.org

William N. Rom has published books, including the work titled Climate Change and Global Public Health, released in 2020 by Springer Nature.

Among their professional recognitions, William N. Rom was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015 and is a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • American thoracic society/European respiratory society international multidisciplinary consensus classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

    William D. Travis;Talmadge E. King;Eric D. Bateman;David A. Lynch

  • Environmental and Occupational Medicine

    William N. Rom

  • Detection of lung cancer with volatile markers in the breath

    Michael Phillips;Renee N. Cataneo;Andrew R.C. Cummin;Anthony J. Gagliardi

  • Standard operating procedures for serum and plasma collection: early detection research network consensus statement standard operating procedure integration working group.

    Melissa K. Tuck;Daniel W. Chan;David Chia;Andrew K. Godwin

  • Enrichment of the lung microbiome with oral taxa is associated with lung inflammation of a Th17 phenotype.

    Leopoldo N. Segal;Jose C. Clemente;Jun Chieh J. Tsay;Sergei B. Koralov

  • Inducible nitric oxide synthase in pulmonary alveolar macrophages from patients with tuberculosis.

    S. Nicholson;M. Da Gloria Bonecini-Almeida;J. R. Lapa E Silva;C. Nathan

  • The Host Immune Response to Tuberculosis

    Neil W. Schluger;William N. Rom

  • Exaggerated Spontaneous Release of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor by Alveolar Macrophages from Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Yves Martinet;William N. Rom;Gary R. Grotendorst;George R. Martin

  • Cough and Bronchial Responsiveness in Firefighters at the World Trade Center Site

    David J. Prezant;Michael Weiden;Gisela I. Banauch;Georgeann McGuinness

  • microRNAs derived from circulating exosomes as noninvasive biomarkers for screening and diagnosing lung cancer

    Riccardo Cazzoli;Fiamma Buttitta;Marta Di Nicola;Sara Malatesta

  • Silica, Some Silicates, Coal Dust and Para-aramid Fibrils. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Vol. 68

    Bindu Raju;William N. Rom

  • Enrichment of lung microbiome with supraglottic taxa is associated with increased pulmonary inflammation.

    Leopoldo N Segal;Alexander V Alekseyenko;Jose C Clemente;Rohan Kulkarni

  • Treatment of multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis with interferon-γ via aerosol

    Rany Condos;William N Rom;Neil W Schluger

  • Prediction of lung cancer using volatile biomarkers in breath.

    Michael Phillips;Nasser Altorki;John H.M. Austin;Robert B. Cameron

  • Basic pathogenetic mechanisms in silicosis: current understanding.

    Binaya Rimal;Alissa K Greenberg;William N Rom

  • Characterization of the lower respiratory tract inflammation of nonsmoking individuals with interstitial lung disease associated with chronic inhalation of inorganic dusts.

    William N. Rom;Peter B. Bitterman;Stephen I. Rennard;Andre Cantin

  • Thalidomide Treatment Reduces Tumor Necrosis Factor α Production and Enhances Weight Gain in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

    Jane M. Tramontana;Utaiwan Utaipat;Utaiwan Utaipat;Anthony Molloy;Pasakorn Akarasewi

  • Enhanced interleukin-8 release and gene expression in macrophages after exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its components.

    Yihong Zhang;M. Broser;H. Cohen;M. Bodkin

  • Mechanisms of stimulation of interleukin-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha by Mycobacterium tuberculosis components.

    Yihong Zhang;M. Doerfler;T. C. Lee;B. Guillemin

  • Cellular and molecular basis of the asbestos-related diseases.

    William N. Rom;William D. Travis;Arnold R. Brody

Frequent Co-Authors

Harvey I. Pass
Harvey I. Pass New York University
David P. Naidich
David P. Naidich New York University
Kent E. Pinkerton
Kent E. Pinkerton University of California, Davis
Eric D. Bateman
Eric D. Bateman University of Cape Town
Oliver Fiehn
Oliver Fiehn University of California, Davis
Keertan Dheda
Keertan Dheda University of Cape Town
David Sidransky
David Sidransky Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Martin J. Blaser
Martin J. Blaser Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jill M. Siegfried
Jill M. Siegfried University of Minnesota
Laurence Huang
Laurence Huang University of California, San Francisco

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