Allergy and Immunology
Meet the Team

Meet our Experts

Our research spans fundamental studies, translational investigation and clinical trials. Novel models of immunological diseases, developed and/or fine-tuned by divisional researchers, provide unprecedented systems to investigate key inflammatory steps involved in pediatric allergic and immunological disease and to enhance our understanding of mast cells, eosinophils, macrophages and lymphocytes. Our integrative laboratories are led by nationally recognized researchers and employ state-of-the-art model systems for genetic, biochemical, immunological and physiological analysis.

Read more about our research below.

Director

A photo of Marc Rothenberg.

Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Eosinophils; chemokines

Faculty

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J. Pablo Abonia, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Mast cell progenitor homing / recruitment and its involvement in allergic disorders
Sandra Andorf.

Sandra Andorf, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Computational immunology; biomedical informatics; publicly available clinical data; food allergy
Amal Assa'ad

Amal H. Assa'ad, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Nurit Azouz, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Allergic diseases; the mechanisms by which protease–protease inhibitor imbalance promotes barrier breaches and loss of immunologic tolerance in...
A photo Artem Barski.

Artem Barski, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Epigenetics; epigenomics; immunology; T cell memory
A photo of Ashley Devonshire.

Ashley L. Devonshire, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Food allergy
Leah Kottyan

Leah C. Kottyan, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Genetic basis of lupus; genetic basis of eosinophilic esophagitis; immunological mechanisms mediating genetic association with disease
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Kimberly A. Risma, MD, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Adverse drug reactions; mechanisms of immune dysregulation
Tetsuo Shoda

Tetsuo Shoda, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Severe allergies; eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders; precision medicine; molecular and genetic mechanisms
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Ty D. Troutman, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Disease; gene regulation; immunology; innate immunity; macrophages; myeloid cells
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Stephanie L. Ward, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Treatment of food allergies; asthma; eczema
Matthew Weirauch

Matthew T. Weirauch, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Gene regulation Bioinformatics Functional Genomics
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Andrew Winslow, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Development and prevention of allergic disease; oral immunotherapy outcomes and sequelae; penicillin allergy de-labeling
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Simin Zhang, MD

Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Mast cells in eosinophilic esophagitis
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Nives Zimmermann, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Asthma; eosinophils; lung inflammation
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