Northwestern University Allergy Immunology Research Program (NUAIR)

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Activities of NUAIR Research Groups

Research Field	Type of Research	Collaborating Faculty and Their Affiliations*
Chronic Rhinosinusitis	Translational and Clinical.	AI: Robert Schleimer, PhD; Leslie Grammer, MD; Anju Peters, MD; Atsushi Kato, PhD. ENT: Robert Kern, MD; David Conley, MD
Asthma	Basic (mouse models), Clinical, Translational, and Epidemiological	AI: Pedro Avila, MD; Jacqueline Pongracic, MD; Joan Cook-Mills, PhD; Paul Bryce, PhD; Douglas Kuperman, PhD; Paul Greenberger, MD; Leslie Grammer, MD; Silvio Favoreto, PhD; Rachel Story, MD, MPH; Rajesh Kumar,MD. Pulmonary: Lewis Smith, MD; Peter Sporn, MD. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology: Curt Horvath, PhD. General Internal Medicine: David Baker, MD, MPH. Epidemiology: Xiaobin Wang, MD,MPH; Kevin Weiss, MD, MPH.
Allergic Rhinitis	Translational and Clinical	AI: Paul Greenberger, MD; Leslie Grammer, MD; Robert Schleimer, PhD; Pedro Avila, MD; Anne Ditto, MD; Silvio Favoreto, PhD.
Basic Research in Lung Biology	Basic and Translational Research, mostly on epithelial cells	AI: Robert Schleimer, PhD; Paul Bryce, PhD; Douglas Kuperman, PhD; Atsushi Kato, PhD. Pulmonary: Jacob Sznajder, MD; Navdeep Chandel, PhD; Gokhan Mutlu, MD; Scott Budinger, MD. Dermatology: Robert Lavker, PhD.
Food-induced Allergic Disorders (food allergy, eosinophilic esophagitis)	Basic (mouse models), Clinical, Translational, and Epidemiological	AI: Paul Bryce, PhD; Jacqueline Pongracic, MD; Robert Schleimer, PhD; Anne Ditto, MD; Jennifer Kim, MD; Daocheng Zhu, MD, PhD. Epidemiology: Xiaobin Wang, MD, MPH. Gastroenterology: Terrence Barrett, MD; Ikuo Hirano, MD; Nirmala Golzalvez; MD.
Genetics of Allergy Diseases (asthma and food allergies)	Translational, Clinical, and Genetics	AI: Pedro Avila, MD; Rajesh Kumar, MD; Robert Schleimer, PhD; Leslie Grammer, MD. Genetic Medicine: Rex Chisholm, PhD. Epidemiology: Xiaobin Wang, MD,MPH.
Allergic Skin Diseases	Basic, Translational, Clinical, and Epidemiological	AI: Joan Cook-Mills, PhD; Paul Bryce, PhD; Anne Ditto, MD. Dermatology: Robert Lavker, PhD; Amy Paller, MD; Paul Stein, MD. Epidemiology: Xiaobin Wang, MD, MPH.
Cellular and Molecular Immunology	Basic & Translational Research: epithelium, T cells, cell migration, receptors, interferon, autoimmunity.	AI: Robert Schleimer, PhD; Joan Cook-Mills, PhD; Nick Lu, PhD Microbiology-Immunology: Stephen Miller, PhD; Melissa Brown, PhD. Pathology: William Muller, MD, PhD. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology: Curt Horvath, PhD.
* Bold font indicates T32 NUAIR preceptors. Abbreviations: AI: Allergy-Immunology. ENT: Ear, Nose and Throat.