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Welcome to the Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center, an internationally renowned organization of physicians, scientists, and scholars seeking to understand and eradicate airway disease.

I am convinced that in the next few decades we will find cures for the most common respiratory diseases affecting both children and adults. I also believe that the Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center will continue playing a central role in this quest. On behalf of the Center's physicians, scientists, nurses, and staff who are so dedicated to improving people's lives, I thank you for your interest in our work. Your support is vital to our success.

 

Fernando D. Martinez, MD
Regents' Professor
Director, Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center


About the Center

Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center is an interdisciplinary Center of Excellence at the University Of Arizona dedicated to research, clinical care, medical education, and community service in the areas of adult and pediatric pulmonary medicine. 

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Health Wellbeing and Quality of All 

The Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center is one of the elite ALA Airway Clinical Research Centers

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Innovation Powerhouse

We are developing 2 brand new molecule families for the treatment of asthma and investigating new therapeutic applications of existing medicines

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Aging for Life

The Center is analyzing the connections between genetics and early life incidence, and their long-term effects on lung function throughout life

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Unlock Human Resilience

A2DRC scientists are performing important work with CC16, a protein produced in the airway with protective characteristics for resilience against excessive inflammation, environmental exposures, and disease

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"Future Proof" our Graduates 

Center affiliates train scores of young scientists and clinicians to prepare them for the new challenges in our changing environment

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