Ken M Kunisaki

Ken M Kunisaki is a Professor in the Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine department at the University of Minnesota, with a focus on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), HIV-associated lung conditions, and sleep medicine. His research spans clinical epidemiology, biomarker discovery, and multicenter clinical trials.

• MD and MS degrees
• ORCID: 0000-0001-8644-2827

Research Interests include:

• Pulmonary function and COPD diagnostics
• HIV-related respiratory comorbidities
• Sleep outcomes in immunocompromised populations
• Health disparities in lung disease interpretation
• Multimorbidity burden analysis

Recent Publications (2018-2025) highlight work on:

• Sphingolipid biomarkers in HIV/COPD
• Race-neutral pulmonary reference equations
• Telemonitoring for atrial fibrillation in COPD
• Global HIV/COPD epidemiology
• Smoking cessation in respiratory disease

Key Projects include:

• ACTIV-4 ACUTE: Antithrombotic strategies for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
• MACS-WIHS Combined Cohort Study: Data coordination center
• COPD Sphingolipid research in HIV populations