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Richard Edward Moon

Professor of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology, General, Vascular, High Risk Transplant & Critical Care
Box 3094 Med Ctr, Durham, NC
5676 Hafs Bldg, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


Mechanisms of opioid-induced respiratory depression
Decompression procedures for altitude diving
Prevention and treatment of swimming-induced pulmonary edema (immersion pulmonary edema)
Testing of novel breathing gases for decompression in divers
Enhanced training of the respiratory muscles

Selected Grants


Applied Physiology of CNS Oxygen Toxicity: Mechanisms in Humans

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2023 - 2026

Integrated Training in Anesthesiology Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1996 - 2026

Chamber Pilot Study Plan for NASA Prebreathe Protocol

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2024 - 2025

Co.De. 1 - Compression and Decompression Stress in Diving

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Padua · 2024 - 2025

HOBIT Trial

Clinical TrialInvestigator · Awarded by Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation · 2017 - 2025

Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Automated detection of venous gas emboli on ultrasound recordings

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2024 - 2024

Integrated Diaphragmatic Function, Chemosensitivity, Erythrocyte Gas Transport and Endurance in Exercising Divers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2021 - 2024

fNIRS performance monitor in Navy divers at depth

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Triton Systems, Inc. · 2021 - 2024

Metabolic and Inert Gas Monitoring for Human Diving Research

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2023 - 2023

Perfluoromethane to Reduce Decompression Sickness

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command · 2021 - 2023

Machine Learning Approach to Identifying Hypercapnia Through Breath Sounds in Mask Worn Breathing Systems

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition · 2022 - 2023

Automated detection of venous gas emboli on ultrasound recordings

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2020 - 2023

Breath-Hold Diving: Mechanisms of Hypoxemia and Decompression Stress

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Padova · 2020 - 2022

Treating Hypoxia via Tumorally Directed Oxygen for Improving Radiation Therapy

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2018 - 2022

Altitude Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command · 2018 - 2021

Altitude Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command · 2017 - 2021

Sildenafil for Prevention of Immersion Pulmonary Edema

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command · 2019 - 2021

Ketogenic Diet for Reduction of CNS Oxygen Toxicity Symptoms in Working Divers - Clin 0201 (Salary)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command · 2017 - 2021

ULTRASOUND AND IMPROVED DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR A HYPERBARIC CHAMBER

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2020 - 2021

fNIRS for Hyperbaric Studies

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Triton Systems, Inc. · 2020 - 2020

Advanced Technologies for Reducing Decompression Obligation and Risk

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Creare, Inc. · 2018 - 2020

Does Heart Rate Variability Predict Impairment of Operational Performance in Divers?

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command · 2019 - 2020

STEM Outreach Program: Design of a Passive Water Sampler to Test Dive Sites Suspected to be Contaminated

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2019 - 2020

PulseOx Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command · 2018 - 2020

PulseOx Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command · 2017 - 2020

Human Exercise Capacity Training and Assessment System

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2018 - 2019

Human Lung Regional Ventilation Defect Severity Measured by Fluorine-19 Gas MRI

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2018

Early Detection of Hypoxia During Rebreather Diving Using Pulse Oximetry

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2015 - 2017

Project 2: Regulation of Mitochondrial Quality Control by Heme Oxygenase-1 System in Sepsis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Brigham and Women's Hospital · 2011 - 2017

Effect of Riociguat on Gas Exchange, Exercise Performance, and Pulmonary Artery Pressure During Acute Altitude Exposure

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Wilderness Medical Society · 2014 - 2015

Identification of Blood Biomarkers of Decompression Stress through Genome-Wide Expression Profiling

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2011 - 2013

Investigation of Creatine Phosphokinase and Neurological Analytes as Biochemical Markers of Decompression Stress

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2008 - 2010

Molecular Basis of Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2010

Modeling Complex Phenomena Using Multiscale Time Series

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2006 - 2009

Acute Lung Injury Mechanisms And Therapy

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1984 - 1999

Acute Lung Injury - Mechanisms And Therapy

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1984 - 1997

Acute Lung Injury And Repair

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 1995

External Relationships


  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield
  • Merck & Co. USA (not assoc'd with Merck KGaA)

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