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Columbia University Irving Medical Center Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir. Photo by Jörg Meyer. Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD, a nationally recognized asthma researcher and rising leader in pediatric pulmonary medicine, has been named director of pediatric pulmonology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Starting July 1, 2021, she will begin a transition to her new post while completing important research objectives. Starting Jan. 1, 2022, Lovinsky-Desir will assume full responsibilities as director of the Division of Pulmonology in the Department of Pediatrics. She is currently assistant professor of pediatrics at VP&S. Lovinsky-Desir’s research focuses on disparities in health outcomes for underrepresented minorities, urban environmental exposures, and the association between air pollution exposure and physical activity patterns among young people. ....