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August 28, 2013 | Story
Former Amos scholar Esteban González Burchard investigates the impact of genetic ancestry on the risk of asthma and response to drug therapy. The results could improve the health of racially and ethnically diverse populations worldwide.
June 10, 2013 | Story
New study by RWJF Health & Society Scholars examines how pediatricians assess asthma symptoms.
December 13, 2011 | Story
But it may not reduce acute care and emergency department utilization.
July 6, 2011 | Story
"CDC and state health departments often conduct joint investigations of disease outbreaks, but only a tiny fraction of these investigations have focused on asthma. The reason is a lack of timely and specific data about the geography of asthma."
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The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries who see issues a little differently. Jessica Green of BioBE talks about Microbiomes and the Built Environment.
September 4, 2013 | Story
White House Honors RWJF Fellow Laura Anderko for her pioneering work exploring the health effects of global climate change.
October 1, 2008 | Story
Long BeachMoms Advocate for Clean Air"I don't understand much about politics-believe me, not a whole lot," Evangelina Ramirez, speaking in her native Spanish, tells a Long Beach forum on local air pollution in early 2005.
October 6, 2008 | Story
Physician Training Highlights Needs of Children With AsthmaThe typical 15-minute appointment does not give physicians much time to learn about the challenges facing pediatric asthma patients and their parents in their everyday lives.
October 1, 2008 | Story
The breadth and diversity of the local Allies Against Asthma coalitions enabled them to mount a broad-based attack on childhood asthma."They didn't just focus on physicians or families or policy change.
October 1, 2008 | Story
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national program Allies Against Asthma (Allies) uses a community coalition approach for controlling asthma in children living in low-income, minority neighborhoods.