Center for Asthma Research recent publications and accomplishments:
Discovery of new target for asthma prevention
May 2023 - A study of almost two thousand children has identified that delay in infection by the ubiquitous early life viral virus known as respiratory syncytial virus (aka RSV) decreases risk of…
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…
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.