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Increases in asthma prevalence were found among teens in states that have legalized cannabis for recreational use, as well as among children in some minority racial and ethnic groups in states with recreational legalization, relative to states that remain fully illegal, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The City University of
Columbia University Irving Medical Center Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir. Photo by Jörg Meyer. Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD, a nationally recognized asthma researcher and rising leader in pediatric pulmonary medicine, has been named director of pediatric pulmonology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Starting July 1, 2021, she will begin a transition to her new post while completing important research objectives. Starting Jan. 1, 2022, Lovinsky-Desir will assume full responsibilities as director of ...
WHAT: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $10 million in first-year funding to establish a clinical research network called Childhood Asthma in Urban Settings (CAUSE). This nationwide network will conduct observational studies and clinical trials to improve understanding of asthma and develop treatment and prevention approaches tailored to children of low-income families living in urban communities. NIAID intends to provide approximately $70 million over seven years to support the CAUSE network. This new ini...