Charles Esther is a Respiratory physician affiliated with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OpenAlex indexes 175 publications with 5,800 citations (h-index 37).
Overview
Scholarship
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Total citations across indexed works.
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Clinical & industry
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Practice address
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1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Baxter HealthcareProgram year20221 payment
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NIH funding
5 NIH research awards on record, funded 2009–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Pharmacogenomic Predictors of Clinical Responses in Cystic Fibrosis: A Targeted WGS Analysis
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2026$233,250R21HL189039 - A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model of human airway epithelia
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2023$250,000U01FD007338 - A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model of human airway epithelia
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2022$300,000U01FD007338
Awards in the NIH RePORTER records where a principal investigator name matches this physician at an organization in their practice state. Latest award years shown; each row links to the project record on RePORTER.
Publications
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- Effect of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor on mucus and mucociliary clearance in cystic fibrosis
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
2023 - Changes in fecal elastase-1 following initiation of CFTR modulator therapy in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
2023 - Lung Microbiota and Metabolites Collectively Associate with Clinical Outcomes in Milder Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2022 - Congenital bilateral cataracts in newborns exposed to elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor in utero and while breast feeding
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
2022
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