Erick Forno, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Pediatrics; Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics · School of Medicine
Erick Forno is Professor of Pediatrics; Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics at School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 432 publications with 12,424 citations (h-index 56); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Pediatric Pulmonology profiles in the FindMyKOL directory.
Data verified 23 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Oct 2026
Erick Forno, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics at School of Medicine, Indiana University. The public record shows 432 publications with 12,424 citations (h-index 56), centered on Asthma and respiratory diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Occupational exposure and asthma. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, 3 NIH-funded awards (2023–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
- Top research focus: Asthma and respiratory diseases
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
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Indications focus
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trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 88 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 177.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 26 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Acoustic Waveform Respiratory Evaluation
Sponsor: Indiana University
Industry payments
No payments involving this person were reported to CMS in program years 2021–2024. Why? →
NIH funding
Updated 26 Oct 2026
3 NIH research awards on record, funded 2023–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Advancing telemedicine in pulmonology: acoustic-waveform respiratory evaluation (AWARE) via sensing and machine learning on smartphones
Indiana University Indianapolis
FY2026$602,173R01HL170368 - IU Training Program in Molecular Physiology and Clinical Mechanisms of Lung Disease
Indiana University Indianapolis
FY2026$438,887T32HL091816 - Advancing telemedicine in pulmonology: acoustic-waveform respiratory evaluation (AWARE) via sensing and machine learning on smartphones
Indiana University Indianapolis
FY2025$613,936R01HL170368
Publications
Updated 26 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Overweight, obesity, adiposity measures, and asthma endotypes in Puerto Rican youth.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Article2026 - Violence-Related Distress, Nasal Epithelial Gene Expression, and T17-High Asthma in Youth.
Pediatric pulmonology
Meta-analysis2026 - Impact of Anesthesia Strategy on Infant Pulmonary Function Test Quality and Duration.
Pediatric pulmonology
Article2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Obesity and asthmaArticle931 citations2018
- 02Serum Vitamin D Levels and Markers of Severity of Childhood Asthma in Costa RicaArticle637 citations2009
- 03Decreased response to inhaled steroids in overweight and obese asthmatic childrenArticle341 citations2011
- 04
- 05Motor vehicle air pollution and asthma in children: A meta-analysisReview297 citations2012
Network
Updated 26 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 26 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
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linkedin.com/in/erick-forno-35b28742
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medicine.iu.edu/faculty/63994/forno-erick
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Background & recognition
Updated 26 Oct 2026
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Education
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Chair
Program Committee, Pediatrics Assembly of the American Thoracic Society
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ATS Scientific Advisory Committee
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →news.weill.cornell.edu ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →aerztezeitung.de ↗
- Robert Mellins Award
Pediatrics Assembly of the American Thoracic Society
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Secondary affiliations
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- Riley Children's Hospital
Pediatric Pulmonary (Erick Forno, MD, MPH)
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