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, MD Atopic dermatitis, drug allergy

Donna Bratton, MD 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, PhD Characterization of transmembrane signaling mechanisms operative in lymphocyte, activation, anergy and deletion

Keith Clay, MD Biosynthesis and pathobiology of platelet activating factor

Ronina Covar, MD Asthma and Steroid Response

Erwin W. Gelfand, MD 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, PhD Mechanisms of inflammation; granulocyte and mononuclear cell function; lipid mediators of inflammation

Abraham Kupfer, PhD Cell biology of specific cell - cell interactions in the immune system

Tina Leslie, PhD Biochemical properties and mechanisms of activation of a phospholipase A2 enzyme involved in lipid mediator production in inflammatory cells

Donald Leung, MD, PhD Immunologic mechanisms of allergic response; atopic dermatitis; atopic inflammation; immune mechanisms underlying steroid resistant asthma; pathogenesis of Kawasaki Disease

Andrew Liu, MD Early immune development underlying allergy and asthma; endotoxin exposure in allergic inflammation and asthma; hygiene hypothesis

Joseph J. Lucas, PhD Regulation of growth in human cells; isolation of anti-oncogenes

Henry Milgrom, M.D . Pharmacotherapy of asthma

Robert Murphy, PhD Biological chemistry of leukotrienes and other metabolites of arachidonic acid, lipid mediators in the inflammatory response

Harold Nelson, MD Pharmacotherapy of asthma, allergy Immunotherapy; skin testing

Nathan Rabinovitch, MD Air pollution and childhood asthma

David Riches, PhD Regulation of gene expression during macrophage activation

Stanley J. Szefler, MD Glucocorticoid therapy in the treatment of asthma-pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and treatment failure; pharmacotherapy in childhood asthma; management of steroid-insensitive asthma.

Carl White, MD Pulmonary hemangiomatosis; anti-oxidant defense mechanisms.