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Ken Kunisaki

Chief of Research, Boise VA Medical Center · University of Washington School of Medicine

Credentials: · · ·

History

Boise VA Medical Center Division · University of Washington School of Medicine
Present
University of Washington School of Medicine
Present

Pulmonary Disease
2003–2005
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
1999–2003
Ohio State Univ Coll of Med
1995–1999

Research

Influenza in immunosuppressed populations: a review of infection frequency, morbidity, mortality, and vaccine responses
Review · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2009 · First of 2 authors · Corresponding · 445 citations
Acute Exacerbations and Lung Function Loss in Smokers with and without Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2017 · 292 citations
Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cardiac Events. A Post Hoc Cohort Analysis from the SUMMIT Randomized Clinical Trial
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2018 · First of 15 authors · 279 citations

Chris Wendt
28 papers
AM
Alison Morris
23 papers
Mark Dransfield
15 papers
Bradley Drummond
13 papers
DN
Dennis Niewoehner
13 papers
Surya Bhatt
13 papers
AB
Arianna Baldomero
12 papers · 1 as a fellow
DM
David MacDonald
12 papers · 2 as a fellow
Valentina Stosor
12 papers
Laurence Huang
11 papers
Kristina Crothers
9 papers
Meredith McCormack
9 papers

Grants

Optimizing Medications and Lung Health in People with HIV Through Pharmacist-Led Proactive E-Consults (OPTIMIZE Lung-HIV)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
PI · $1.6M · Seattle Inst for Biomedical/Clinical Res
2025–2030
Spingolipids in HIV-Associated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
PI · $2.7M · University of Minnesota
2018–2024
Sleep, Aging, and HIV Infection Cohort Study
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.4M · University of Minnesota
2016–2022
Effects of HIV Antiretroviral Therapy on Pulmonary Function in a Randomized Trial
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $4.2M · University of Minnesota
2009–2019

Clinical trials

Optimizing Medications and Lung Health in People With HIV Through Pharmacist-led Proactive E-Consults
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting
Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research
2026–2029
Effect of Supplemental Vitamin D on Skeletal Muscle Function in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 3
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
2009–2011
Pulmonary Substudy: A Substudy of Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment (START)
Study chair · Completed
University of Minnesota
2010–2016