University of California - San Diego
Two sites:
Altman Clinical Translational Research Institute
9452 Medical Center Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92037
858-246-5970
UCSD Airway Research and Clinical Trials Center
210 Dickinson St.
CTF-A102
San Diego, CA 92103
858-246-5970
Or: 619-431-0995
asthma@health.ucsd.edu
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Praveen Akuthota
Center and Site Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators - Praveen Akuthota, Pandurangan Vijayanand, and Sonia Jain
From left to right: Dr. Praveen Akuthota, Dr. Pandurangan Vijayanand, Dr. Sonia Jain
Dr. Akuthota, MD, is an attending physician in the medical ICU at the UC San Diego Hillcrest Medical Center. He is the corresponding Principal Investigator for the UCSD Clinical Center in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s PrecISE Network that will be studying precision interventions in severe asthma. He is a Clinical Affiliate at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, working with them in developing joint efforts in asthma research. Dr. Akuthota is an At-Large Member of the Board of Directors of the International Eosinophil Society.
Pandurangan "Vijay" Vijayanand, MD, PhD, is Scientific Director of the Center for Asthma Prevention and Treatment and is the William K. Bowes Distinguished Professor at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. While his main focus is fundamental research within the lab, he also maintains clinical operations and sees patients regularly. Vijay has established large funded projects with the National Institutes of Health to study asthma as well as a project to map “normal” human immune cells that will ultimately help us understand epigenetic variations. He is passionate about solving asthma and bringing that solution to the public.
Sonia Jain, PhD, is a Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Jain completed her PhD in Statistics from the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Jain has more than sixteen years of experience in the design and analysis of clinical and behavioral studies, including studies in pulmonary medicine and infectious diseases. Dr. Jain has served or is currently serving as the Director of Biostatistics or Core Biostatistics Leader for a number of large projects, including several clinical trial networks.