My long-standing research interests have been in the area of environmental and genetic risk factors for the development of asthma and COPD and now include pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics of airway disease, the fetal and natural development of asthma, the role of vitamin D supplementation during the prenatal period on various outcomes, personalized medicine and the development and application of new technologies into clinical practice. I have a total of six NIH funded grants on which I am PI or Co-PI including a MERIT award.
I have personally mentored 41 post-doctoral trainees for nearly 30 years, all but two of whom continue to pursue academic research, and remain committed to mentoring new investigators and junior faculty. As an experienced and senior investigator, I have been the leader or co-leader of our T-32 training grant for the past 30 years and of our K-12 grant for the last 10 years.