The team of specialists and subspecialists in the Bhammar Lab recognize how a better understanding of mechanisms for shortness of breath on exertion could spark novel treatments and therapies that could reduce the burden of respiratory symptoms in patients.
Mission
At the OSUCCC – James, the Bhammar Lab’s mission is to improve the collective understanding of ventilatory limitations during exercise with the goal of reducing respiratory symptoms. By focusing on improving disease control, researchers are working to enhance quality of life in healthy, at-risk and diseased populations.
Further, the experts in the Bhammar Lab aim to answer important questions related to dyspnea on exertion by using comprehensive cardiopulmonary exercise testing, as well as detailed assessments of breathing mechanics and airway function.
How We Do It
The Bhammar Lab’s world-renowned research experts work collaboratively to improve patients’ quality of life by striving to understand ventilatory limitations.
By performing physiological investigations related to breathing mechanics, airway function, cardiorespiratory fitness and shortness of breath on exertion, researchers can better understand how to improve disease control.
In an effort to develop a comprehensive understanding of how different disease states or interventions can affect an individual’s respiratory symptoms, health and fitness, the Bhammar Lab researchers uniquely combine both resting and exercise measurements.
Researchers aim to develop a more extensive understanding of mechanisms for dyspnea on exertion in order to spark novel treatments and therapies that could reduce the burden of respiratory symptoms in patients.