Topics and Expertise: asthma

Burchard delivers Faculty Research Lecture in Clinical Science

Mon Nov 15, 2021
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Elisabeth Fall

Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH, delivered the 20th Annual Faculty Research Lecture in Clinical Science on November 2.

Burchard to deliver UCSF Academic Senate’s 20th Annual Faculty Research Lecture in Clinical Science

Tue Oct 26, 2021
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Elisabeth Fall

Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

Lecture on groundbreaking research in asthma genetics and treatment disparities will broadcast on Zoom on November 2 at 3:30pm

Study on roots of asthma hints at potential of ‘birth cohort’ project

Tue May 19, 2020
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Sam Oh, PhD, MPH

By studying the health of Puerto Ricans from birth, researchers hope to discover more about causes of asthma.

Asthma drug response in racially diverse children

Wed Mar 7, 2018
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Sam S. Oh

Senior Author Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

“Whole genome sequencing of pharmacogenetic drug response in racially diverse children with asthma” has been published by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (ARJCCM).

Burchard leads call for diversity in research workforce

Thu Jun 16, 2016
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Noah Berger

Marquitta White (right), MS, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Burchard Lab, took on five young summer research students of diverse backgrounds, including Maria Contreras (left) and Oona Risse-Adams (center), a 16-year-old sophomore at Lowell High School in San Francisco.

The photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. hanging on the wall of the Asthma Collaboratory lab in UC San Francisco’s Rock Hall serves a reminder to all who toil there, purifying DNA samples or analyzing genetic, social or environmental data that their research is also part of a dream of equality and...

Burchard Lab study finds most asthma research may not apply to African American children

Thu May 12, 2016
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Noah Berger

Marquitta White (left), MS, PhD, and Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH. Photo by Noah Berger

Results from the largest single study of the genetic and environmental causes of asthma in African American children suggest that only a tiny fraction of known genetic risk factors for the disease apply to this population.

Burchard named to expert panel for Obama’s precision medicine plan

Wed Apr 1, 2015
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Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

School faculty member Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH, has been appointed to an expert panel advising the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on how to develop President Barack Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative.

Early-life air pollution linked with childhood asthma in minorities

Wed Jun 26, 2013
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Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH

In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers led by UCSF scientists found that infants in minority populations who are exposed to motor vehicle air pollution, specifically nitrogen dioxide (NO2), are more likely to develop asthma later in childhood.

Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

Wed Mar 13, 2013
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I am a physician-scientist with training in pulmonary medicine, genetics, and epidemiology. My research and academic interests center on identifying disease risk factors specific to racial groups, most especially those related to asthma and drug response. I am engaged in a new, international field...

Genetic ancestry proven powerful in predicting lung function

Thu Jul 8, 2010
Genetic ancestry can tell more about a person's potential lung function than the self-identified racial profile commonly used to determine normal lung function reference standards, according to the results of research led by UCSF and Northwestern University.

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