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Center for Asthma Research recent publications and accomplishments:

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…

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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…

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Snyder published in Frontiers in Pediatrics

A publication by Brittney Snyder, PhD, “Association of citrulline concentration at birth with lower respiratory tract infection in infancy: Findings from a multi-site birth cohort study,” analyzes…

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Rosas-Salazar published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Dr. Christian Rosas-Salazar’s manuscript, “Exclusive Breast-feeding, the Early-life Microbiome and Immune Response, and Common Childhood Respiratory Illnesses,” supports a protective causal role…

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Seibold and Hartert published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

A publication by Max Seibold, PhD, “Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in households with children with asthma and allergy: A prospective surveillance study,” reports that…

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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.