National Jewish Medical and Research Center
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Allergy and Immunology
Faculty Research Activities
Dan Atkins, M.D . Food allergy
Mark Boguniewicz, M.D. Atopic dermatitis, drug allergy
Donna Bratton, M.D. Physiochemical alterations in the plasma membranes of activated neutrophils; mechanisms of cellular uptake and release of platelet activating factor and similar lipids
Susan Brugman, M.D . Vocal Cord Dysfunction.
John Cambier, Ph.D. Characterization of transmembrane signaling mechanisms operative in lymphocyte, activation, anergy and deletion
Keith Clay, M.D. Biosynthesis and pathobiology of platelet activating factor
Ronina Covar, M.D. Asthma and Steroid Response
Erwin W. Gelfand, M.D. Control of human T and B lymphocyte activation and function; mechanism of action of IVIG; murine models of asthma
Patricia C. Giclas, Ph.D . Mechanisms of complement activation; role of complement in disease
Peter Henson, Ph.D. Mechanisms of inflammation; granulocyte and mononuclear cell function; lipid mediators of inflammation
Abraham Kupfer, Ph.D. Cell biology of specific cell - cell interactions in the immune system
Tina Leslie, Ph.D. Biochemical properties and mechanisms of activation of a phospholipase A2 enzyme involved in lipid mediator production in inflammatory cells
Donald Leung, M.D., Ph.D. Immunologic mechanisms of allergic response; atopic dermatitis; atopic inflammation; immune mechanisms underlying steroid resistant asthma; pathogenesis of Kawasaki Disease
Andrew Liu, M.D. Early immune development underlying allergy and asthma; endotoxin exposure in allergic inflammation and asthma; hygiene hypothesis
Joseph J. Lucas, Ph.D. Regulation of growth in human cells; isolation of anti-oncogenes
Henry Milgrom, M.D . Pharmacotherapy of asthma
Robert Murphy, Ph.D. Biological chemistry of leukotrienes and other metabolites of arachidonic acid, lipid mediators in the inflammatory response
Harold Nelson, M.D. Pharmacotherapy of asthma, allergy Immunotherapy; skin testing
Nathan Rabinovitch, M.D. Air pollution and childhood asthma
David Riches, Ph.D. Regulation of gene expression during macrophage activation
Stanley J. Szefler, M.D. Glucocorticoid therapy in the treatment of asthma-pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and treatment failure; pharmacotherapy in childhood asthma; management of steroid-insensitive asthma.
Carl White, M.D. Pulmonary hemangiomatosis; anti-oxidant defense mechanisms.
