Research Interests: Airway defensive reflexes, cough, reflex bronchospasm

Research Interests: Functional genomics and molecular genetics of complex cardiopulmonary diseases, with a focus on translational studies applying fundamental genetic insight into the clinical setting.

Research Interests: Gene, environment, and allergic diseases

Research Interests: Medical product and environmental allergen testing, Diagnostic allergy testing, Natural rubber latex allergy, Humoral (antibody) immune responses in allergic and infectious disease, Immunogenicity and allergenicity of new drugs

Research Interests: Mechanisms of signal transduction

Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology with emphasis on cardiovascular/asthma/lung disease and other chronic disease processes.

Research Interests: Mechanisms regulating cytokine/mediator release by IgE receptor-bearing cells, Innate vs. adaptive immunity in regulating cellular responses in IgE receptor positive cells

Research Interests: The peripheral nervous system in healthy and inflamed tissues, Vagal Sensory Neurobiology, Nerve inflammation interactions