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IMAGE: UArizona Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center Director Fernando D. Martinez, MD, at the university s BIO5 Institute view more
Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences
TUCSON, Ariz. A cross-border investigation of children s susceptibility to asthma and other childhood illnesses in the United States and Mexico is the focus of a new study led by researchers in the Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.
The study is funded by a $15.3 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The Binational Early Asthma and Microbiome Study, or BEAMS, will recruit 500 Mexican-American and Mexican children - 250 in Tucson, Arizona, and 250 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico - before the mothers have given birth. The mothers will be evaluated while pregnant and the children will be followed from birth to age 5 to examine how the hygiene hypothesis affects them and their risk of asthma.
Dr. Rajeev Kathuria
Banner Medical Group is pleased to announce Dr. Rajeev Kathuria has joined their medical team as Banner Community Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgeon Leader in Arizona.
Dr. Kathuria is well known as a top cardiovascular thoracic surgeon, having served the community through his surgical practice for nearly 30 years. He built the heart program at Banner Boswell Medical Center in his role as chief of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and medical director of the Structural Heart program.
âWe are extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Kathuria to Banner Medical Group in this important capacity as we envision and plan future strategic growth of our cardiovascular programs,â said CEO of Banner Medical Group Pat Rankin. âDr. Kathuria is not only a premier cardiovascular surgeon, he also is an outstanding individual who makes everyone around him better.â