Topics and Expertise: asthma risk factors

20 years chasing the genetic roots of asthma

Tue May 1, 2018
Burchard
Noah Berger

Marquitta White, PhD (left), and Esteban G. Burchard, MD, PhD

The UCSF Asthma Collaboratory celebrates 20 years of research on genetic factors in asthma.

UCSF lab sends filters to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

Mon Nov 27, 2017
staff member holds one water filter and a thank you note.
Centro Neumologia Pediatrica, Puerto Rico

Clinic staff member at Centro Neumologia Pediatrica, Puerto Rico’s largest pediatric pulmonary clinic, expressed thanks for the delivery of 484 water filters. Each filter can clean up to 295 gallons of water per day.

Burchard Lab colleagues step up to help residents of the island get fresh water.

Asthma Collaboratory study finds most asthma research may not apply to African American children

Thu May 12, 2016
White and Burchard
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.