Meet the Team
Meet the Team
The Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders (CCED) is home to specialists with a wide variety of backgrounds and areas of focus. As a team, this diversity makes us better prepared to care for the unique needs of each patient and to conduct leading research. Learn more about our clinical research team below and our clinical care team.
Clinical Research Managers and Coordinators
Pratibha Kemtur, BDS, MDS
Clinical Research Coordinator, CCED Research
Rosa Lykins
Clinical Research Coordinator, Division of Allergy and Immunology
Bliss Magella, PhD
Clinical Research Manager, Division of Endocrinology
Cristin Murray Petzold, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator, CCED Research
Database Administrators
Michael Eby, BS
Senior Research Database Administrator, Division of Allergy and Immunology
Heather Foote
Data Management Administrator, Division of Allergy and Immunology
Director
Research Interests
Eosinophils; chemokines
Faculty
Research Interests
Mast cell progenitor homing / recruitment and its involvement in allergic disorders
Research Interests
Allergic diseases; the mechanisms by which protease–protease inhibitor imbalance promotes barrier breaches and loss of immunologic tolerance in...
Research Interests
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders; novel endoscopic approaches to disease evaluation and monitoring; disease outcomes
Margaret H. Collins, MD
Professor, UC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Research Interests
Genetic basis of lupus; genetic basis of eosinophilic esophagitis; immunological mechanisms mediating genetic association with disease
Research Interests
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders; pediatric feeding problems
Research Interests
Severe allergies; eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders; precision medicine; molecular and genetic mechanisms
Nicole E. Zahka, PhD
Staff Psychologist III, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
Research Interests
Mast cells in eosinophilic esophagitis
Program Manager
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