Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Sally Wenzel, MD, is Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health & Rachel Carson Chair in Environmental Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. The public record shows 811 publications with 72,768 citations (h-index 124), centered on Asthma. It also documents an investigator role on 8 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 7 companies, 12 NIH-funded awards (2006–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Nature communications
- Top research focus: Asthma
- 8 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 7 companies
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Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
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; 27 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 8 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Anti-Inflammatory Lipid Mediators in Asthma
Sponsor: Sally E. Wenzel MD
InvestigatorPhase 2WithdrawnNCT03680976 - Immune Interactions in Severe Asthma
Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
InvestigatorCompletedNCT02566668 - The Effects of NOx and Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Asthmatics
Sponsor: Gladwin, Mark, MD
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT02433977
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
7 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Chiesi USA, Inc.Program year20257 payments$11,739openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- PFIZER INC.Program year20251 payment
- Eli Lilly and CompanyProgram year20251 payment
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
12 NIH research awards on record, funded 2006–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Immune Airway-Epithelial Interactions in Steroid-Refractory Severe Asthma
University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
FY2026$1,868,594P01AI106684 - Immune Airway-Epithelial Interactions in Steroid-Refractory Severe Asthma
University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
FY2025$1,868,594P01AI106684
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Associations of Prepandemic Lung Function and Structure with COVID-19 Outcomes: The C4R Study.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
2025 - Multicohort Analysis of Bronchial Epithelial Cell Expression in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Asthma Reveals Four Clinically Distinct Clusters.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
2025 - Clinical and Biological Features of a Thickened Basement Membrane Zone in Asthma.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
2025 - Type 1 Immune Responses Related to Viral Infection Influence Corticosteroid Response in Asthma.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
2025
Contact
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Office address
4126 Public Health, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
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Internal Medicine
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Pulmonary Medicine
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Steering Committee Chair
NHLBI Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP)
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AsthmaNet (NHLBI clinical trials network)
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American College of Chest Physicians
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Professor of Medicine and Immunology
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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University of Pittsburgh Asthma and Environmental Lung Health Institute @ UPMC
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
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- "Toward optimal health: Sally Wenzel, M.D. Discusses the need for better asthma management in women"
interview by Jodi R. Godfrey
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/posts/fondazione-menarini_sally-wenzel-ai-insights-in-medicine-activity-7427686917263208448-raer
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Wenzel
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