Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Jonathan Kropski, MD, is Rudy W. Jacobson Professor of Pulmonary Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The public record shows 233 publications with 15,968 citations (h-index 50), centered on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 4 companies, 5 NIH-funded awards (2016–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology
- Top research focus: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 4 companies
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Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 40 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- A Pilot Trial of Herpesvirus Treatment in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
InvestigatorPhase 1CompletedNCT02871401
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
4 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year202514 payments
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20233 payments
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20222 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
5 NIH research awards on record, funded 2016–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Spatiotemporal genomic regulation of disease initiation and progression in pulmonary fibrosis
Translational Genomics Research Inst
FY2026$807,795R01HL145372 - Unraveling the molecular origins of chronic parenchymal lung diseases
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
FY2025$921,570U01HL175444 - Spatiotemporal genomic regulation of disease initiation and progression in pulmonary fibrosis
Translational Genomics Research Inst
FY2025$824,280R01HL145372
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- AlveolEye: rapid and precise lung morphometry guided by computer vision.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology
2026 - Identification of a conserved sequence of disease progression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
2026 - SpatialRNA: a Python package for easy application of Graph Neural Network models on single-molecule spatial transcriptomics dataset.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
2026
Contact
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship
Vanderbilt Physician-Scientist Training Program (Harrison Society); completed 2015
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- Internal Medicine Residency
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), via Research Pathway
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Scientific Director
ILD Research (Vanderbilt Pulmonary Fibrosis Program)
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Nashville VA Medical Center
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Associate Professor, secondary appointment)
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/jonathan-kropski-md
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linkedin.com/in/jonathan-kropski-0055ab174
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researchgate.net/profile/Jon-Kropski
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/posts/vanderbilt-university-medical-center_alexander-bick-md-phd-and-jonathan-kropski-activity-7285345503175671811-NnBC
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Twitter/X handle @jkropski (professional/research account)
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