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Center for Asthma Research recent publications and accomplishments:

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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Cahill published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Dr. Katherine N. Cahill’s publication, “Mediator production and severity of aspirin-induced respiratory reactions: Impact of sampling site and body mass index,” outlines a connection in the…

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Cahill published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Basic Translational Science

Dr. Katherine N. Cahill’s publication letter, “Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Regulates Thromboxane-Induced Human Platelet Activation,” points toward an expansion of the clinical populations…

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Berdnikovs and Newcomb published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

A publication by Sergejs Berdnikovs, PhD, “Cellular and systemic energy metabolic dysregulation in asthma development-a hypothesis-generating approach,” assesses carbohydrate metabolism in…

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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.