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Benjamin Gaston

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1988
Asthma and respiratory diseasesNitric Oxide and Endothelin EffectsNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchNeuroscience of respiration and sleepChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research

Publications

371

Citations

23,274

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

39

Publishing since 1988

Research summary
AI-generated

Benjamin Gaston studies respiratory diseases, with a strong focus on asthma in both children and adults. Much of the work examines the biology of airway conditions (including the chemistry of molecules like S-nitrosothiols and airway acidity) alongside large-scale analyses using electronic health records to predict asthma risk and severity. Related projects address newborn lung disease, primary ciliary dyskinesia (a genetic disorder affecting airway cilia), and cystic fibrosis.

Asthma risk, severity, and treatmentNitric oxide and S-nitrosothiol airway biologyPrimary ciliary dyskinesia and airway disordersNeonatal and pediatric respiratory healthElectronic health record analysis for disease prediction

Publication activity has been steady, staying roughly in the 15-25 papers per year range across the last decade.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through June 2028 — about 2 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH T32GM148382through Jun 2028 · $929k awarded

    Indiana Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program

  • ActiveNIH R25HL163860through May 2027 · $160k awarded

    The Medical Physician Engineers, Scientists, and Clinicians Preparatory Program [MPESC-Prep]

  • ActiveNIH P01HL158507through Apr 2027 · $359k awarded

    Airway pH regulation in asthma

6 earlier awards
  • NIH UG1HL139126Sep 2017 – Jun 2025 · $385k awarded

    Clinical Centers for the NHLBI's Precision Interventions for Severe and/or Exacerbation Prone Asthma (PrecISE) Network (UG1)

  • NIH R33HL154136Aug 2020 – Jul 2023 · $557k awarded

    Sudaxine as an analgesia sparing respiratory stimulant for use in critical care

  • NIH P01HL128192Sep 2016 – Jul 2023 · $2.1M awarded

    Project-004

  • NIH T32GM077229Jul 2008 – Jun 2023 · $570k awarded

    Indiana Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program

  • NIH R61HL154136Aug 2020 – Jul 2022 · $561k awarded

    Sudaxine as an analgesia sparing respiratory stimulant for use in critical care

  • NIH R13HL156425Jun 2021 – May 2022 · $10k awarded

    First meeting of the international collaborative asthma network

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 5,073 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 23,274cohort median 2,525
h-index: 72cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 14.4cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~11 · 14% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 55 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 14.4/year recently
2017: 12 publications172018: 10 publications182019: 25 publications25192020: 21 publications202021: 18 publications212022: 15 publications222023: 17 publications232024: 19 publications242025: 21 publications2526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 2 collaborators at the same institution2025: 4 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine×18
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology×14
  • Pediatric Pulmonology×12
  • PLoS ONE×4
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology×4
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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