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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.
July 19, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A program in Chicago is empowering students to learn about their asthma and challenging them to create change in their own communities.
June 10, 2013 | Story
New study by RWJF Health & Society Scholars examines how pediatricians assess asthma symptoms.
April 24, 2013 | Journal Article
Practicing pediatricians use various terms to describe standardized symptoms of asthma.
March 5, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
AN: And did the Health & Society Scholars program help with that at all? Van Sickle: Absolutely. Not only did the program provide me access to research funds, but I felt that because RWJF had invested in me, these funds came with the responsibility ...
December 13, 2011 | Story
But it may not reduce acute care and emergency department utilization.
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Changes in office-based treatment of asthma coincide with reduced asthma morbidity and mortality over the same period.
September 13, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
In this latest trip to Washington, the 16 other individuals and organizations that were similarly honored had the chance to meet with top technology leaders from The White House, including Aneesh Chopra (Chief Technology Officer) and Vivek Kundra (C ...
September 6, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
HCB: How do you plan to identify children and families for the program? Lopez: Any children who live in two specific zip codes in East Harlem are eligible. That takes in tens of thousands of apartment units. And, unfortunately, 15 to 25 percent of s ...
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."