Overview
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Medicine
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2021 - Present
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine,
Medicine
Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery
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2020 - Present
Surgery, Surgical Sciences,
Surgery
Associate Professor in Pathology
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2021 - Present
Pathology,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Leptin augments IL-13-induced airway eotaxins and submucosal eosinophilia in obesity-associated asthma.
Journal Article J Allergy Clin Immunol · March 2025 BACKGROUND: Airway tissue eosinophilia can be an observed feature of obesity-associated type 2 (T2) asthma, but the processes mediating this inflammation are unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate a process whereby leptin, an adipokine elevated in obesity, pot ... Full text Link to item CiteWeighing the Options: New Insights and Ongoing Challenges in Asthma With Obesity.
Journal Article Chest · January 2025 Full text Link to item CiteGlucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor (Glp1r) Deficiency Does Not Appreciably Alter Airway Inflammation or Gut-Lung Microbiome Axis in a Mouse Model of Obese Allergic Airways Disease and Bariatric Surgery.
Journal Article J Asthma Allergy · 2025 PURPOSE: High body mass index (≥30 kg/m2) is associated with asthma severity, and nearly 40% of asthma patients exhibit obesity. Furthermore, over 40% of patients with obesity and asthma that receive bariatric surgery no longer require asthma medication. I ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Duke Program of Training in Pulmonary ReSearch to Promote, Engage and Retain Academic Researchers (PROSPER)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2022 - 2026Research Training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2000 - 2026Oxidative Stress and Regional Airway Remodeling and Fibrosis in Obese Asthma
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
North Carolina State University ·
2000
Ph.D.