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Fernando Martinez, MD

Regents' Professor
Director, Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center
Swift-McNear Professor of Pediatrics

Research Interest:

Asthma and gene-environment interactions.

Publications

Carr, Tara F, et al. “Elevated Childhood Insulin-Related Asthma Is a Risk Factor for Reduced Lung Function”. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., vol. 207, no. 6, Mar. 2023, pp. 790–792.
Chang, Eugene H, et al. “Rhinovirus Infections in Individuals With Asthma Increase {ACE2} Expression and Cytokine Pathways Implicated in {COVID-19}”. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., vol. 202, no. 5, Sept. 2020, pp. 753–755.
Gerald, Joe K, et al. “Are Latino Children of Mexican Origin With Asthma Less Responsive to Inhaled Corticosteroids Than White Children?”. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. Pract., vol. 7, no. 7, Sept. 2019, pp. 2419–2421.
Wedzicha, Jadwiga A, and Fernando D Martinez. “Asthma: Upcoming Themed Issue”. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., vol. 198, no. 5, Sept. 2018, p. 549.
Zhai, Jing, et al. “Trajectories and Early Determinants of Circulating {CC16} from Birth to Age 32 Years”. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., vol. 198, no. 2, July 2018, pp. 267–270.

Clinical Trials

Study Title (link to more info on this site) Link to Study Trial Status Principal Investigator
(ORBEX) Randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter study to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of Oral Bacterial Extract for the prevention of wheezing lower respiratory tract illness Closed Fernando Martinez, MD, Wayne J. Morgan, MD
BEAMS Current Trial - Enrolling Paloma Beamer, PhD, Dean Billheimer, PhD, Tara F. Carr, MD, Darren A. Cusanovich, PhD, Fernando Martinez, MD, Donata Vercelli, MD
Best African American Response to Asthma Drugs (BARD) Closed Fernando Martinez, MD
Best African American Response to Asthma Drugs (BARD) Closed Fernando Martinez, MD
Infant Immune Study (IIS) Current Trial - Enrollment Complete Marilyn Halonen, PhD, Fernando Martinez, MD, Wayne J. Morgan, MD
Pathways to Immunologically Mediated Asthma (PIMA) Current Trial - Enrollment Complete Fernando Martinez, MD
Preventing Asthma in High Risk Kids (PARK) Closed Fernando Martinez, MD
Step-Up Yellow Zone Inhaled Corticosteroids to Prevent Exacerbations (STICS) Closed Fernando Martinez, MD
Steroids in Eosinophil Negative Asthma (SIENA) Closed Fernando Martinez, MD
Steroids in Eosinophil Negative Asthma (SIENA) Current Trial - Enrollment Complete Fernando Martinez, MD
TReating Children to Prevent EXacerbations of Asthma (TREXA) Current Trial - Enrollment Complete Fernando Martinez, MD, Wayne J. Morgan, MD
Tucson Children's Respiratory Study (TCRS) Current Trial - Enrollment Complete Stefano Guerra, MD, PhD, MPH, Fernando Martinez, MD
Tucson Epidemiological Study of Airway Obstructive Disease (TESAOD) Current Trial - Enrollment Complete Stefano Guerra, MD, PhD, MPH, Fernando Martinez, MD