Positions

Professor

Medicine
Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Professor and Director of Allergy and Immunology

Addresses

BCM-Michael Debakey Center (Office)

Room: N903.01
Houston, TX 77030
United States

BCM Medical Center-McNair Campus (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-1555

Education

Research Fellowship at Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

Research fellowship in Professor Gerald Gleich's laboratory in Immunology- first to demonstrate a role of IL-5 in severe human asthma, and identify severe neutrophilic human asthma as a new phenotype

Clinical Fellowship at National Jewish Health

Denver, Colorado

Clinical Fellowship in Allergy and Immunology

Residency at University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland

Certifications

Diplomate, American Board of Allergy and Immunology

American Board of Allergy and Immunology

Honors & Awards

Federal funding and evaluation of research

Conducted NIH-funded research and evaluated proposals sent to NIH on molecular mechanisms of airway inflammation

National Institutes of Health (08/1997 - 12/2022)

Fulbright Scholar

Played a critical role in establishment of an inter-institutional link between Indian Institute of Technology, a premier technology institute in India, and his previous US institute, University of Texas Medical Branch

US State Department (07/2005 - 06/2006)

Websites

Funding

Role of Cytosolic DNA-Multiprotein Interactome in Allergic Airway Inflammation - #NHLBI 1RO1 HL14547

(01/10/2019 - 12/31/2022) Grant funding from National Institutes of Health, NHLBI

These studies will examine the molecular mechanisms by which nuclear DNA stimulates the development of a DNA-protein interactome in the airway cell cytosolic compartment and examine the effects of targeting components of this interactome on allergic lung inflammation.

Role of Cytosolic DNA Sensor In Allergic Airway Inflammation

(09/01/2018 - 08/31/2022) Department of Defense

Study of the role of innate recognition of cytosolic DNA in regulating airway inflammation

Allergic lung inflammation-Induced oxidative DNA damage in the brain as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s Disease

(09/30/2020 - 08/31/2021) NHLBI

Allergic lung inflammation-Induced oxidative DNA damage in the brain as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s Disease