Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Topics:
COPD
What Do We Really Know About Alpha-1?
Epidemiologic Overview
Introduction to COPD and AAT Deficiency
It's not Just About Smoking
Traveling From: Boston, MA
Profile:
Dr. Edwin Silverman is a pulmonologist and genetic epidemiologist whose research focuses on the genetics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. He is the Principal Investigator of the Boston Early-Onset COPD Study, which has demonstrated familial aggregation for COPD-related phenotypes, found an increased risk for severe, early-onset COPD in women, and provided the first linkage analysis results in COPD pedigrees. He also leads the Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Genetic Modifier Study, a multicenter study designed to identify genetic factors contributing to the markedly variable development of lung disease in alpha 1-antitrypsin deficient individuals, and the NETT Genetics Ancillary Study. In addition to his work on COPD genetics, Dr. Silverman collaborates on a variety of asthma genetics projects, including the CAMP Genetics Ancillary Study and the Costa Rica Asthma Genetics Study. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and he is the Co-Director of the COPD Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
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