**About the Editor**

**Hiam Abdala-Valencia**, Research Assistant and Professor of Medicine. Application of next generation sequencing technology and integrative wet lab approaches to basic and translational research of lung diseases, including, but not limited to: asthma, COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, acute lung injury. Understanding systemic influences on lung biology in health and disease, such as the impact of central metabolism and epigenetic control of developmental checkpoints.
