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I became interested in the field of allergy/immunology (A/I) as a medical student at Northwestern. After residency, I decided to pursue a career in A/I. During my training, I worked with leaders in food allergy and childhood asthma so I was attracted to these exciting areas in which mechanistic discoveries and advances in clinical therapeutics were being made. I have had a fulfilling career as a faculty member at NUFSM and attending physician at Lurie Children's for my entire career and as Division Head of A/I since 2004.
Food Allergy: My interests include pathogenesis of allergen sensitization and food allergy, as well as conducting clinical trials of immunomodulatory interventions for food allergy. Asthma: My interests lie in understanding the factors which contribute to health disparities, particularly in inner-city children with asthma and its greater morbidity/mortality as compared to non-inner city populations. I am especially interested in the relationships between allergen sensitization, exposure and morbidity for cockroach, rodents and fungi. I have also been engaged in clinical trials to improve therapy and address gaps in childhood asthma.
Food allergy, especially IgE-mediated food allergy including food-induced anaphylaxis. Childhood asthma, especially severe persistent asthma and labile asthma with frequent exacerbations
Certifications and Licenses
Internal Medicine | |
Allergy & Immunology |
Training Experience
1988 | Residency, North Shore University Hospital |
1991 | Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital |
Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, MD, Northwestern University
… → 1985
Research interests keywords
- Asthma
- Food Allergy
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Controlling and preventing Asthma progression and Severity in Kids (CASK)
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Associations between outdoor air pollutants and non-viral asthma exacerbations and airway inflammatory responses in children and adolescents living in urban areas in the USA: a retrospective secondary analysis
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease's Inner City Asthma Consortium, Jan 2023, In: The Lancet Planetary Health. 7, 1, p. e33-e44Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Association of mold levels in urban children's homes with difficult-to-control asthma
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