Cynthia Visness, PhD, Rho’s Principal Research Scientist, worked with investigators on the NIAID-funded Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma (URECA) study to dissect the complex web of factors influencing respiratory health in city-living children in the article, “Relationships between lung function, allergy, and wheezing in urban children” available in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology April edition. The study aimed to discover the pivotal role allergies play and the potential risk they pose for persistent wheezing. Findings from the study highlight the importance of understanding early-life factors that hinder lung development and suggest that interventions targeting allergic sensitization may not alter lung function development in early to mid-childhood.

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