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William N. Rom is Research Professor and Professor Emeritus in NYU Grossman School of Medicine's Department of Medicine, specializing in pulmonary and environmental medicine. His research examines lung diseases including environmental lung pathology, tuberculosis (TB/HIV co-infections), early lung cancer detection, and air pollution policy development.
Central to his work is investigating alveolar macrophage functions in environmental lung disease. His laboratory studies how macrophages regulate inflammatory/fibrotic processes through cytokine signaling (IL-1β, TNFα, IL-6, IL-8), growth factor release (PDGF, IGF-1), and immune cell recruitment. Current projects focus on macrophage responses to inorganic particulates, mycobacterial pathogens, and environmental carcinogens.
Publications address climate change education, environmental health pedagogy, and occupational medicine ethics. Recent works emphasize integrating planetary health concepts into medical education and ethical frameworks for environmental cancer prevention.
Dr. Rom is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Occupational Medicine, having trained at Mount Sinai Medical Center and UC Davis.
