Charles G. Irvin, Ph.D.
Director, Vermont Lung Center
Professor, Dept. of Medicine & Physiology
University of Vermont
149 Beaumont Avenue, HSRF 226
Burlington, VT 05405-0075
Voice: 802-656-8928 Fax: 802-656-8926
Email: charles.irvin@uvm.edu
Charles G. Irvin, Ph.D. is a Professor of Medicine, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Associate
Chairman for Research Department of Medicine and Director of the Vermont Lung Center at the University of
Vermont. In 2012 he was named Assistant Dean for Faculty for the College of Medicine. Dr. Irvin received
his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1978 in Pulmonary Physiology. He was then a NIH
postdoctoral fellow at McGill University in Montreal. From 1980-1998 he was at the University of Colorado.
Dr. Irvin’s scientific career has focused on understanding the mechanisms of airways dysfunction of the
patient with asthma. Using a multidisciplinary approach including: cell and molecular biology, animal
models and systems, transgenics, physiology, imaging and clinical studies, he and his colleagues are
attempting to understand the pathophysiological basis of asthma in order to both better diagnose and treat
asthma patients.
Dr. Irvin is a member of the European Respiratory Society, American Physiological Society, the American
Thoracic Society and the Society of Experimental Medicine and Biology. He has served on the Board of
Directors of the ATS. He has been awarded the Joe Rodarte Distinguished Science Award by the ATS and
was awarded the UVM University Scholar Award in 2007. Dr. Irvin has served on numerous grant review
panels including NIH, AHA and ALA and is currently on a study section for the NIH and was the chairman of
an ALA grant review committee. Dr. Irvin has been continuously funded by NIH since 1976 and is currently
the PI of an ALA-ACRC Center, R01, U13, COBRE and a T32 training grants from the NIH. He has trained
19 postdoctoral fellows and mentored numerous junior faculty, the vast majority of whom are now
successfully engaged in research careers.