Research Projects

Physical activity and dose of air pollution in pediatric urban asthma: Impact of minute ventilation

Objective: to determine if increased childhood physical activity and larger increases in breathing patterns in response to physical activity strengthen the association between exposure to ozone and nitrogen dioxide pollution and asthma symptoms.

Funding: NIH NHLBI 5K01HL140216

Exercise in urban polluted environments and childhood asthma

Objective: To determine if the combination of increased outdoor physical activity and high ambient pollution exposure is associated with increased asthma symptoms among children with mild-moderate asthma that live in urban communities.

Funding: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Amos Medical Faculty Development Award

Air pollution and asthma in New York City schools

Objective: To determine if increased childhood physical activity and larger increases in breathing patterns in response to physical activity strengthen the association between exposure to pollution and asthma symptoms.

Funding: 5P30ES009089 – Career Development Award

Adolescent physical activity in urban polluted environments and respiratory measures

Objective: To characterize locations of physical activity among children living in an urban environment and the proximity to sources of combustion related air pollutants.

Funding: Driscoll Children’s Scholar Fund