Monica Kraft, MD

Professor, Medicine
Chair, Department of Medicine
The Robert and Irene Flinn Endowed Chair of Medicine
Deputy Director, A2DRC

Research Interest:

Adult asthma; the role of infection in asthma and the role of the distal lung in asthma and airway remodeling.

Selected Publications

2019

Zhai J, Insel M, Addison KJ, et al. "Club Cell Secretory Protein Deficiency Leads to Altered Lung Function." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2019;199(3):302-312. PMCID: PMC6363971  PMID: 30543455

2018

Oberle AJ, Kumar S, Nelson M, Kraft M, Lenz PH. "Searching for the First Job: A Practical Guide for Fellows-in-Training." Chest. 2018.

Ito Y, Schaefer N, Sanchez A, et al. "Toll-Interacting Protein, Tollip, Inhibits IL-13-Mediated Pulmonary Eosinophilic Inflammation in Mice." J Innate Immun. 2018;10(2):106-118. PMCID: PMC5860932  PMID: 29393212

Carr TF, Kraft M. "Use of biomarkers to identify phenotypes and endotypes of severeasthma." Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol.. 2018;121(4):414-420.

Carr TF, Zeki AA, Kraft M. "Eosinophilic and Noneosinophilic Asthma." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2018;197(1):22-37. PMCID: PMC5765385  PMID: 28910134

Durack J, Huang YJ, Nariya S, et al. "Bacterial biogeography of adult airways in atopic asthma." Microbiome. 2018;6(1):104. PMCID: PMC5994066  PMID: 29885665

Que LG, Yang Z, Lugogo NL, et al. "Effect of the S-nitrosoglutathione reductase inhibitor N6022 on bronchial hyperreactivity in asthma." Immun Inflamm Dis. 2018;6(2):322-331. PMCID: PMC5946144 

Riley IL, Murphy B, Razouki Z, et al. "A Systematic Review of Patient and Family-Level Inhaled Corticosteroid Adherence Interventions in Adult African-Americans." J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018.

Roberts N, Mubarak RAl, Francisco D, Kraft M, Chu HWei. "Comparison of paired human nasal and bronchial airway epithelial cell responses to rhinovirus infection and IL-13 treatment." Clin Transl Med. 2018;7(1):13. PMCID: PMC5931947  PMID: 29721720

2017

Carr TF, Kraft M. "Management of Severe Asthma before Referral to the Severe Asthma Specialist." J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2017;5(4):877-886. PMCID: PMC5526085  PMID: 28689838

Woodruff PG, van den Berge M, Boucher RC, et al. "American Thoracic Society/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Asthma-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap Workshop Report." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2017;196(3):375-381. PMCID: PMC5549872  PMID: 28636425

Lu KD, Cooper D, Haddad F, Zaldivar F, Kraft M, Radom-Aizik S. "Glucocorticoid receptor expression on circulating leukocytes in healthy and asthmatic adolescents in response to exercise." Pediatr. Res.. 2017;82(2):261-271. PMCID: PMC5788180  PMID: 28796240

Clinical Trials

Study Title (link to more info on this site)sort descending Link to Study Trial Status Principal Investigator
AssessmenT of smalL Airways involvemeNT In aSthma (ATLANTIS) https://lungresearch.arizona.edu/study/atlantis Current Trial - Enrollment Complete Monica Kraft, MD
Development of Surfactant Protein A-Derived Peptidomimetics for the Treatment of Asthma view Current Trial - Enrolling Scott Boitano, PhD, Monica Kraft, MD, Julie Ledford, PhD
IMPACC COVID view Current Trial - Enrolling Monica Kraft, MD
Improving Medication Adherence with Telehealthcare Medication Therapy Management to Change Health Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults with Asthma (MATCH) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03978936 Current Trial - Enrolling Lynn B. Gerald, PhD, MSPH, Monica Kraft, MD
Innate Immunity in Asthma (U19) https://lungresearch.arizona.edu/study/innate-immunity-asthma Current Trial - Enrolling Monica Kraft, MD
Losartan Effects on Emphysema Progression (LEEP) https://lungresearch.arizona.edu/study/leep Current Trial - Enrolling Lynn B. Gerald, PhD, MSPH, Monica Kraft, MD
PreCISE (Precise Intervention for Severe and/or Exacerbation-Prone Asthma) Network Study view Current Trial - Enrolling Eugene R. Bleecker, MD, Monica Kraft, MD