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Robert Dickson is the Galen B. Toews Legacy Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Medicine, and an Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan. Clinically, he cares for patient in the Critical Care Medicine Unit and serves as the program physician for the Washtenaw County Tuberculosis Clinic.
Dr. Dickson serves as Associate Chief (Research) for the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and as Deputy Director of the Weil Institute for Critical Care Research & Innovation. He is the Program Director of the University of Michigan’s Multidisciplinary Training Program in Lung Disease (T32HL007749), and Associate Program Director (Research) for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program.
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MDDuke University, Durham, 2007
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BASt. John's College, Annapolis, 2000
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Center MemberCenter for Integrative Research in Critical Care
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Center MemberMM-PKUHSC Joint Institute
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Center MemberGlobal REACH
In the lab, Dr. Dickson complements his clinical and research background in the pathophysiology of lung disease and critical illness with the culture-independent techniques of microbial ecology. Diseases of interest include the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis, pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, and lung transplant rejection. His laboratory specializes in integrative translational research, spanning from molecular characterization of respiratory microbiota to animal modeling of sepsis and lung injury to prospective trials of human subjects.
Dr. Dickson's expertise in the study of the microbiome's role in critical illness and lung disease is reflected by first- and senior-author publications in Science Translational Medicine, Nature Microbiology, The Lancet, the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Lancet Respiratory Medicine. He has authored more than 125 publications which have been cited more than 12,000 times. His research is supported by the National Institutes for Health, the European Commission, and institutional support.
He is a Specialist Editor of the European Respiratory Journal, and a member of the Editorial Boards of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Lancet Respiratory Medicine. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and a Fellow of the European Respiratory Society.
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Asthana V, Nieves EM, Bugga P, Smith C, Dunn T, Narayanasamy S, Dickson RP, VanEpps JS. 2024 Sep 19; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,PreprintA rapid, inexpensive, culture-free, universal bacterial identification system using internal transcribed spacer targeting primers: a proof-of-principle study
DOI:10.1101/2024.09.15.613074 -
Chanderraj R, Dickson RP, Sjoding MW. JAMA Intern Med, 2024 Aug 26;Journal ArticleReevaluating Piperacillin-Tazobactam Mortality-Reply.
DOI:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4120 PMID: 39186296 -
Josset L, Anani H, Destras G, Bulteau S, Castain L, Semanas Q, Burfin G, Martin F, Poulain C, Dickson R, Bressollette-Bodin C, Roquilly A. 2024 Aug 5; Springer Science and Business Media LLC,PreprintRespiratory virome convergence precedes Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in critically ill patients
DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-4808570/v1 -
Bongers KS, Chanderraj R, Deng H, Song Y, Newstead MW, Metcalf JD, Falkowski NR, Puranik N, Kurabayashi K, Dickson RP, Singer BH. Shock, 2024 Aug 1; 62 (2): 275 - 285.Journal ArticleINFLAMMATORY RESPONSES TO POLYMICROBIAL INTRA-ABDOMINAL SEPSIS ARE HIGHLY VARIABLE BUT STRONGLY CORRELATED TO ENTEROBACTERIACEAE OUTGROWTH.
DOI:10.1097/SHK.0000000000002402 PMID: 38888452 -
Chanderraj R, Admon AJ, He Y, Nuppnau M, Albin OR, Prescott HC, Dickson RP, Sjoding MW. JAMA Intern Med, 2024 Jul 1; 184 (7): 769 - 777.Journal ArticleMortality of Patients With Sepsis Administered Piperacillin-Tazobactam vs Cefepime.
DOI:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0581 PMID: 38739397 -
Combs MP, Luth JE, Falkowski NR, Wheeler DS, Walker NM, Erb-Downward JR, Wakeam E, Sjoding MW, Dunlap DG, Admon AJ, Dickson RP, Lama VN. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2024 Jun 1; 209 (11): 1360 - 1375.Journal ArticleThe Lung Microbiome Predicts Mortality and Response to Azithromycin in Lung Transplant Recipients with Chronic Rejection.
DOI:10.1164/rccm.202308-1326OC PMID: 38271553 -
Dickson RP, Dingell DA. JAMA, 2024 May 28; 331 (20): 1703 - 1704.Journal ArticleUrgent Need for Regulatory Oversight of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products.
DOI:10.1001/jama.2024.6834 PMID: 38696201 -
Dickson R. 2024 May 22;Presentation“Bridging the gap: translational studies in ARDS, pneumonia, and sepsis”