Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
·
2021 - Present
Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology,
Pediatrics
Recent Publications
Multi-Modal Profiling Reveals Contrasting Immunomodulatory Effects of Recreational Marijuana Used Alone or with Tobacco in Youth with HIV.
Journal Article Cells · August 16, 2025 The evolving legal landscape has increased marijuana accessibility across the United States, including for medical use to manage clinical symptoms among people with HIV. The effects of marijuana use remain understudied in youth with HIV (YWH), who face lif ... Full text Link to item CitePediatric oral food challenges in the outpatient setting: A single-center experience.
Journal Article J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob · February 2024 BACKGROUND: Oral food challenge (OFC) is the criterion standard for diagnosing food allergy (FA). It is important to have parameters to aid in selecting ideal OFC candidates. OBJECTIVE: We sought to characterize outcomes and predictors of OFCs for common f ... Full text Link to item CiteCase Report: Profound newborn leukopenia related to a novel RAC2 variant.
Journal Article Front Pediatr · 2024 We report the case of a 1-week-old male born full-term, who had two inconclusive severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) newborn screens and developed scalp cellulitis and Escherichia coli bacteremia. He did not pass early confirmatory hearing screens. Ini ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Consequences of marijuana use on inflammatory pathways in HIV-infected youth
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023Impact of maternal HIV infection on immune priming of their uninfected infants
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023Consequences of marijuana use on inflammatory pathways impacting neurocognitive function in Youth with HIV (YWH)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2021 - 2022View All Grants
Education
Ajou University (South Korea) ·
2008
M.D.