Center for Asthma Research recent publications and accomplishments:
Identification of RSV viral strains that may result in persistent infection in infants
April 2023 – An international collaborative effort led by Vanderbilt Center for Asthma Research and Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne investigators identified an RSV viral variant associated…
Christian Rosas-Salazar, MD, MPH, has been invited to speak in the “Best in Pediatrics” and “Pediatric Year in Review” sessions of the 2023 American Thoracic Society International Conference.
In 2022, he was awarded the Robert B. Mellins, M.D. Outstanding Achievement Award the greatest honor given by the Assembly of Pediatrics of the American Thoracic Society to a young investigator.
Toki published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation
Shinji Toki’s, PhD, research letter, ‘Dual GIPR and GLP-1R agonist tirzepatide inhibits aeroallergen-induced allergic airway inflammation in mouse model of obese asthma,” presented findings that…
Lawless published in Journal of Infectious Disease
A publication by Dylan Lawless, PhD, “Viral genetic determinants of prolonged respiratory syncytial virus infection among infants in a healthy term birth cohort,” presents findings important for…
Snyder published in the Journal of Asthma
A publication by Brittney Snyder, PhD, “Association between asthma status and prenatal antibiotic prescription fills among women in a Medicaid population,” reports that pregnant women with asthma…
CAR Group Shout-outs:
- 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 The VUMC Reporter here.