Center for Asthma Research recent publications and accomplishments:
Immunometabolism may be a key to controlling sepsis: study
This discovery may lead to new ways to block metabolic changes contributing to excessive and ineffective inflammation, reset the immune system, and bring sepsis under control.
Year in Review 2025: Appointments strengthen Medical Center’s missions
Jennifer (Piper) Below, PhD, professor of Medicine in the Division of Genetic Medicine, was named director of the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute. Below, who holds the Mary Phillips Edmonds Gray…
Stokes Peebles steps down as section chief of Allergy after 15 Years of leadership
During his tenure, he grew the section into a nationally recognized center for excellence in clinical care, research and education.
‘Next-Generation Statistics’ symposium highlights innovative research and collaboration possibilities
Leading statisticians from the United States and Taiwan presented their work in a symposium co-organized by VUMC’s Department of Biostatistics.
VUMC-led research a step closer to understanding, preventing asthma
“Findings from this study indicate that children who develop wheezing have different airway characteristics early in life, even before they develop asthma,” said Tina Hartert, MD, MPH.
CAR Group Shout-outs:
- Ferdinand Cacho, MD - abstract was chosen by the Assembly on Pediatrics to receive a 2024 Abstract Scholarship.
- Hartert and Bacharier serve as expert panel members and authors of new US and international asthma guidelines, ERP-4 and GINA.
- Brittney Snyder, PhD, awarded NIH K01 Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award.
- Shikha Saxena, MD, received an abstract scholarship for the 2022 American Thoracic Society (ATS) conference.
- Stokes Peebles, Jr., MD, received the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s 2022 Award for Outstanding Contributions in Research.
- Study Explores role RSV plays in asthma development
- Stokes Peebles, Jr., MD, was elected to membership in the Association of American Physicians (AAP), one of the nation’s most respected medical honor societies. Read the story in VUMC News here.