The Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center is turning your breath into research so that we can not only better your health, but make a significant positive impact on respiratory illnesses as we know them.
Impact
Recent News
Pima County Receives Grant for Air Monitoring to Study Environmental Justice
The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality (PDEQ) has received a grant award, in the amount of $488,210 over three years, from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring for Communities program.
RAIVEN Study Will Examine Efficacy of Flu Vaccines
People ages 18-64 can participate in the Randomized Assessment of Influenza Vaccine Efficacy Network study through a regional site led by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers.
By Better Predicting Asthma Risk, Preventive Treatments Could Bypass Disease Development
A predictive test could help parents and doctors use interventions to prevent asthma during the first two years of life.
Recent Publications
Voraphani N, Stern DA, Zhai J, et al. "The role of growth and nutrition in the early origins of spirometric restriction in adult life: a longitudinal, multicohort, population-based study." Lancet Respir Med. 2022;10(1):59-71. PMID: 34843665
Lynch SV, Vercelli D. "Microbiota, Epigenetics, and Trained Immunity. Convergent Drivers and Mediators of the Asthma Trajectory from Pregnancy to Childhood." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021;203(7):802-808. PMCID: PMC8017579 PMID: 33493428
Pivniouk V, Pivniouk O, DeVries A, et al. "The OM-85 bacterial lysate inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of epithelial cells by downregulating SARS-CoV-2 receptor expression." J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021. PMCID: PMC8660661 PMID: 34902435