Center for Asthma Research recent publications and accomplishments:
Lung researchers at VUMC win prestigious fellowships
They are Scott McCall, MD, PhD, instructor in Medicine, and Kevin Seitz, MD, MSc, assistant professor of Medicine.
New study highlights improved treatment approach for people with mild asthma
A multicenter trial found that adding budesonide, an inhaled steroid, to albuterol significantly reduced severe asthma attacks compared to using albuterol alone.
Stressful TV shows and blood pressure spikes; playing banjo during brain surgery; tuberculosis and measles, back with us again; plus other news stories with VUMC sources.
WKRN News 2 interviewed Stokes Peebles, MD, section chief of Allergy and Immunology in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, for a story about seasonal allergies.
VUMC honors four translational scientists
Translational research brings discoveries from the laboratory and preclinical studies to clinical trials and studies in humans.
$20 million grant supports sweeping study of human viruses
Most of the more than 200 species of viruses known to reside in humans remain poorly understood, and new ones are being discovered every few months.
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.