Lung Health Study Center 

The Lung Health Study Center was established in 1986 under the direction of Dr. Richard E. Kanner, as part of the first major initiative of The Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in screening for an intervention in early lung disease. The first Lung Health Study involved a randomized clinical trial involving 10 clinical centers in The United States and Canada that enrolled 5887 male and female smokers age 35-60 years with early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The University of Utah Lung Health Study Center is dedicated to clinical research in lung disease. The mission is to conduct translational research, primarily in the obstructive and fibrotic lung diseases, to help alleviate the suffering experienced by these patients.