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Health Wellbeing and Quality of AllThe Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center is one of the elite ALA Airway Clinical Research Centers |
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Innovation PowerhouseWe are developing 2 brand new molecule families for the treatment of asthma and investigating new therapeutic applications of existing medicines |
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Aging for LifeThe Center is analyzing the connections between genetics and early life incidence, and their long-term effects on lung function throughout life |
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Unlock Human ResilienceA2DRC scientists are performing important work with CC16, a protein produced in the airway with protective characteristics for resilience against excessive inflammation, environmental exposures, and disease |
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"Future Proof" our GraduatesCenter affiliates train scores of young scientists and clinicians to prepare them for the new challenges in our changing environment |
About the Center
Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center is an interdisciplinary Center of Excellence at the University Of Arizona dedicated to research, clinical care, medical education, and community service in the areas of adult and pediatric pulmonary medicine.
Advancing the UAHS Pillars of Excellence
Impact
Poor growth and nutritional deficits in infants and children may predict respiratory issues later in life, researchers reported in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
Infants and children with poor nutrition and growth are more likely to suffer from a serious respiratory condition that has been linked to comorbidities and early mortality as adults, according to an international investigation led by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.
"Participants who were underweight in childhood had a risk of developing lung restriction that was three times higher than children with normal weight," said Dr. Guerra, a professor of medicine and the Henry E. Dahlberg Chair in Asthma Research at the UArizona College of Medicine -- Tucson