• Our researchers are experts in the life sciences, clinical advancements, drug development and alternative therapies for the prevention and treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis.

  • Our bedside to bench translational approach enables our physician scientists to take what they learn from clinical interaction with patients directly to the laboratory, in order to improve our knowledge of these diseases and to improve treatments.

  • The support and involvement of our community partners such as local clinics, schools and Arizona citizens is instrumental in our pursuit of a world that breathes easy.

Message from the Director

Welcome to the Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center, an internationally renowned organization of physicians, scientists, and scholars seeking to understand and eradicate airway disease.

I am convinced that in the next few decades we will find cures for the most common respiratory diseases affecting both children and adults. I also believe that the Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center will continue playing a central role in this quest. On behalf of the Center's physicians, scientists, nurses, and staff who are so dedicated to improving people's lives, I thank you for your interest in our work. Your support is vital to our success.

 

Fernando D. Martinez, MD
Regents' Professor
Director, Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center

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. The Clinical Research Unit is one part of the Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center dedicated to the innovative research of lung diseases like asthma and COPD through clinical trials.

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Advancing the UAHS Pillars of Excellence

Health Wellbeing and Quality of All 

The Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center is one of the elite ALA Airway Clinical Research Centers

Innovation Powerhouse

We are developing 2 brand new molecule families for the treatment of asthma and investigating new therapeutic applications of existing medicines

Aging for Life

The Center is analyzing the connections between genetics and early life incidence, and their long-term effects on lung function throughout life

Unlock Human Resilience

A2DRC 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

"Future Proof" our Graduates 

Center affiliates train scores of young scientists and clinicians to prepare them for the new challenges in our changing environment

Impact

University of Arizona Health Sciences’ Monica Kraft and Marti Lindsey honored with AZBio Awards

Monica Kraft, MD, named 2019 Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year; Marti Lindsey, PhD, named 2019 Michael A. Cusanovich Arizona Bioscience Educator of the Year.
Dr. Donata Vercelli Awarded UA Koffler Prize

For her excellence and distinction in research, Donata Vercelli, MD, has been awarded the University of Arizona Koffler Prize for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity.
Research Day 2019 Crowns DOM Asthma Investigators with Shark Tank Prize

Dr. Kraft, professor and chair of the UA Department of Medicine, the Robert and Irene Flynn Endowed Chair in Medicine and deputy director of the Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center at the UA Health Sciences, and her research partner, a UA assistant professor of immunobiology, medicine and cellular and molecular medicine, will use the $10,000 prize for work on mimetic compounds related to a therapy involving a peptide, surfactant protein A (SP-A), that they’re developing to reduce the severity and frequency of asthmatic attacks.