Thomas H. Shaffer, MS.E., Ph.D. Director
The Nemours Research Lung Center uses progressive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and techniques in its quest to help ease the work of breathing for infants and children challenged by acute and chronic lung disease. The Center takes a proactive role in developing and fostering opportunities for research in neonatal and pediatric lung disease.
The Center includes specialized respiratory testing provided by the Nemours Non-Invasive Pulmonary Evaluation Laboratory (NIPEL), useful in the diagnosis of respiratory disease. The Center frequently collaborates with the departments of Pulmonology, Orthopedics, Pediatric Critical Care, Bone Marrow Transplant, Cardiology and Neonatalogy.
Under the direction of Thomas H. Shaffer, MSE, PhD, the Research Lung Center team’s revolutionary work with the use of perfluorochemicals for liquid ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome, blood substitutes and imaging is known worldwide, as is their work in developmental airway physiology and clinical pulmonary function evaluation in neonates.
Additionally, NIPEL has introduced a new pulse oscillometry machine as a non-invasive way of performing pulmonary function testing on small children.
Nemours Aerosol Research Laboratory, also under the Nemours Research Lung Center, whose team evaluates the delivery of inhaled therapies to improve the lives of children with lung diseases such as asthma and cystic fibrosis. The findings from this lab are making a significant difference for children worldwide by improving drug effectiveness and patient compliance, as well as the development of new aerosolized therapies.
Contact Information:
| Barbara E. Gray |
| Administrative Manager |
| Nemour Research Lung Center |
| Nemours Biomedicall Research |
| Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children |
| 1600 Rockland Road |
| Wilmington, DE 19803 |
| Phone: (302)651-6837 |
| Fax: (302) 651-6888 |