Robert Tighe is a Respiratory physician affiliated with Duke University. OpenAlex indexes 245 publications with 4,395 citations (h-index 33); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 3 registered studies matched to this name.
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Duke University Medical Ctr
Box 3221
Durham, NC 277100001
Telephone
919-684-8111Provider last certified this registry record 4 Jan 2024.
Clinical trials
- Macrophage Regulation of Ozone-Induced Lung Inflammation
Sponsor: Robert Tighe, MD
- Xenon MRI and Progressive ILD
Sponsor: Duke University
- Genentech Xenon MRI Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Sponsor: Duke University
Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.
Industry payments
3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20231 payment
- United Therapeutics CorporationProgram year20231 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
NIH funding
4 NIH research awards on record, funded 2012–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Monocyte-derived alveolar macrophage drives inflammatory response to lung ozone exposure
Duke University
FY2026$572,664R01ES034350 - Monocyte-derived alveolar macrophage drives inflammatory response to lung ozone exposure
Duke University
FY2025$575,536R01ES034350 - Monocyte-derived alveolar macrophage drives inflammatory response to lung ozone exposure
Duke University
FY2024$586,846R01ES034350
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
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Tissue-Resident Alveolar Macrophages Reduce Ozone-induced Inflammation via MerTK-mediated Efferocytosis
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
2024 - Lung-gut axis of microbiome alterations following co-exposure to ultrafine carbon black and ozone
Particle and Fibre Toxicology
2023
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