Division of Pharmacology:
Research and Laboratories

We actively participate and lead research programs at National Jewish Healthed on the pharmacotherapy of asthma. Our research programs include:

• NHLBI Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP)
  The Childhood Asthma Management Program is a National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute sponsored research program designed to evaluate the effect of three different treatment strategies on lung growth.
• NHLBI Childhood Research and Education (CARE) Network
  The Childhood Asthma Research and Education (CARE) Network is a National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute sponsored research program dedicated to childhood asthma.
• Denver Public School Asthma Program
  The goal of the DPS Asthma Program is to improve asthma care for school children in urban and rural areas of Colorado.

Our research is primarily conducted in the following laboratories:

• Weinberg Clinical Research Unit - Pediatrics Section 
  The Department of Pediatrics actively participates in industry-sponsored clinical research in the Pediatrics Section of the Weinberg Clinical Research Unit.
• Immunopharmacology Laboratory
  This lab conducts assays related to corticosteroid pharmacokinetics and also lymphocyte sensitivity to corticosteroids, a pharmacodynamic assay.
  

Other Relevant Research Programs at National Jewish Health

• NIAID Inner City Asthma Consortium
• NHLBI Asthma Clinical Research Network (ACRN)
• General Clinical Research Unit

Clinical Trials

The division faculty members conduct a variety of clinical trials involving the pharmacotherapy of asthma.

Search for current clinical trials at National Jewish Health.

Learn about education opportunities related to the Division of Pharmacology.