Center for Asthma Research recent publications and accomplishments:
The three best ways to stop smoking; avoiding raccoon roundworm disease; stories on IBS, BMI and RSV; plus other news stories with VUMC sources
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by reporters at, among other national and local outlets, Prevention (most common COVID symptoms); NBC News (new COVID variant…
Is forgetting names an early sign of dementia? Can hot weather affect mental health? What’s the best way to fight armpit odor? Plus other news stories with VUMC sources.
Yahoo News interviewed James Powers, MD, professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics, for a story about terms people may hear related to aging (and what they actually mean).
Removing race improves accuracy of lung function testing in children
The study suggests the adjustment for race in spirometry resulted in an underreporting — and thus possibly undertreatment — of chronic lung diseases, including asthma and cystic fibrosis, in Black…
CAR's Rosas-Salazar honored by the American Thoracic Society
The American Thoracic Society (ATS) recently honored three Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics faculty, including Dr. Christian Rosas-Salazar of the Center for Asthma Research, at the…
Stokes, Austin, Rosas-Salazar honored by the American Thoracic Society
The mission of the ATS is to promote the respiratory health of children and adolescents and to improve the care of children with respiratory disease through research, education, patient care and…
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.