David LaFon
Assistant Professor - Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine · University of Alabama Hospital
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History
- 2012–2015
Internal Medicine
Research
Machine Learning and Prediction of All-Cause Mortality in COPD
Chest · 2020 · 88 citations
Measuring immune responses to pneumococcal vaccines
Review · Journal of Immunological Methods · 2018 · First of 2 authors · 56 citations
Nature Immunology · 2024 · 35 citations
10 papers
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5 papers · 4 as a resident
5 papers
4 papers
Grants
- 2025–2027
Immunogenetic Risk Factors for Exacerbations in African American People with COPD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R03
Contact PI · $222.8K · University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2022–2026
Impaired Pneumococcal Antibody Function and Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · K08
Contact PI · $803.8K · University of Alabama at Birmingham
Clinical trials
- 2026–2027
Induction of Cross-protective Antibodies for Serogroup 33 by Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines
Site PI · Recruiting · Phase 4
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2025–2027
Genetic Variation in IgG in Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Site PI · Recruiting · Phase 4
University of Alabama at Birmingham