About the Authors

Gregory D. Kearney

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Kearneyg@ecu.edu

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Ogugua Ndili Obi

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Veeranna Maddipati

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Gregory Levitin

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Guangxiao Hu

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Earth, Environment, and Planning, Thomas Harriot College, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.