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The UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center (ACRC) at the Parnassus Campus is a major hub of clinical studies and trials for asthma. Investigators in the ACRC aim to uncover disease mechanisms, develop disease biomarkers, and evaluate novel treatments for asthma. The ACRC is a multidisciplinary research unit, which fosters interactions between physician investigators in the Department of Medicine, ba
sic science researchers (especially UCSF’s SABRE program), clinical fellows, and faculty from the Departments of Pediatrics and the School of Nursing. The ACRC represents a unique infrastructure that houses both dedicated clinical research space and sophisticated bench laboratories.
PrecISE: A breath of fresh air from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This study may be right for you if you take a lot of asthma medications.
Participants have the opportunity to try several different therapies and receive regular monitoring during the study. Study medications and compensation may be provided.
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Join Our Research Study by hitting "Apply" or contact Jade Vi at 415-476-1783.
The UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center is looking for young adults ages 18-30 for a new paid Asthma Study. Potential participants must have an asthma diagnoses, prescribed inhaled corticosteriod and have a smart phone. This study is a completely remote study and does NOT require visits to UCSF. Please respond to this post or send an email to our research Coordinator if interested: [email protected]
The current air quality in San Francisco and the Bay area is at a very unhealthy level. People with lung-related medical conditions, such as asthma, emphysema or heart disease, older adults, and children should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion. These groups are encouraged to follow their health care provider’s guidance, and seek care in a timely manner if they have symptoms or concerns.
Everyone else should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion. Please contact your health care provider if you experience the following symptoms:
Repeated coughing
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Wheezing
Chest tightness or pain
Heart palpitations
Nausea or unusual fatigue
Lightheadedness
Other recommendations to help manage health-related symptoms due to poor air quality include staying hydrated, using eye drops and nose sprays and taking throat lozenges.
The UCSF ACRC is currently recruiting participants for 4 different COPD research studies. Please contact us at 415-476-5418 for more information.
UCSF ACRC NEWS: Dr. Prescott Woodruff, Associate Director of the UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center, talks about COPD at the Chinese Community Health Fair in Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Woodruff also joins Mayor of Palo Alto, Patrick Burt, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch the community educational event.
The will be walking in support of the American Lung Associations' LUNG F@RCE WALK to raise awareness and funds to help those impacted by lung cancer and other lung diseases, including and . Funds raised will support research, advocacy, education and awareness for those impacted by lung disease.
Please click the link below and consider donating to the "LUNGEVITY" team. Thank you.
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The UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center is seeking adults to participate in an asthma research study to investigate airway inflammation and airway changes that occur after exposure to allergens.
Participants must be 18-50 years of age, with or without asthma. Study involves 3 visits and a medical procedure (bronchoscopy). Up to $1060.00 compensation.
Please complete online survey at http://acrc.ucsf.edu. You may also contact staff at (415) 502-2892 or [email protected].
Sheena Kerr, Ph.D. and lab manager of the Fahy Lab discusses the important role the ACRC plays in providing participant samples and how these samples are examined to better understand airway disease and how the findings can aid in the development of new treatments.
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Dr. Stephen Lazarus, Professor of Medicine and an Associate Director of the UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center (ACRC) talks about the research taking place at the ACRC.
Help Us Fight Asthma at UCSF!
Research Study at UCSF for non-smoking adults with mild to moderate Asthma. Compensation up to $1200
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Dr. Prescott Woodruff, Associate Director of the ACRC featured in the NYTimes for the SPIROMICS study.
Current or former smokers may not realize they have lung damage, because tests can fail to detect it.
Dr. Stephen Lazarus, Professor of Medicine and an Associate Director of the UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center (ACRC) talks about the research taking place at the ACRC.
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The latest from UCSF ACRC (). The UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center was formed to investigate and validate new and existing therapies for airway conditions.
ACRC SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Nirav Bhakta
Dr. Nirav Bhakta received his M.D. and Ph.D. in cell physiology and immunology from Stanford University. Dr. Bhakta completed an Internal Medicine residency in 2007 and Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship in 2011 at UCSF. He was trained in human research in the ACRC and has been an investigator in the Airway Center for 6.5 years. His interests are in using samples of human lung tissue and blood to characterize the immune cells active in asthma and the resulting responses of lung cells in the airways. He is particularly interested in how these responses vary between individuals and in their potential to identify new treatment options. Dr. Bhakta has a quantitative background including a degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he applies in order to extract insights from large data sets of gene expression and protein markers on immune cells. Dr. Bhakta's work would not be possible without the generous participation of so many volunteers over the years. He wishes to express his gratitude to all past participants.
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Asthma Research Studies at UCSF!
Click here to see if you qualify for asthma studies at UCSF.
Compensation up to $1200.
Short video summary of the SPIROMICS study.
Currently, the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requires a ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) to forced vital capa...
We are very excited to have lead the research efforts of this recently published paper in the New England Journal of Medicine for the SPIROMICS research group.
Prescott G. Woodruff, M.D.et.al.
ACRC SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Stephen Lazarus
Dr. Stephen Lazarus is an in**ed product of the University of California, having received his A.B. from Berkeley, his M.D. from Irvine, and training in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at UCSF. Drafted into military service during the Viet Nam era, he spent 2 years as Chief of Pulmonary Medicine and Co-Director of the ICU at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. before returning to UCSF for additional research training in the Cardiovascular Research Institute. Since joining the faculty at UCSF in 1983, Dr. Lazarus has directed basic and clinical research on the mechanisms and treatment of asthma, COPD, and other airway diseases. He is an Attending Physician on the Pulmonary Consult Service, the Adult Pulmonary Function Laboratory, and the Chest Faculty Practice at UCSF-Moffitt-Long Hospital, and has been Director of the Chest Faculty Practice, Director of the Medical Specialty Practices, and Interim Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Currently he is Director of the Training Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director of the Adult Pulmonary Laboratory and Airway Clinical Research Center.
Dr. Lazarus' research has focused on the role of inflammatory cells and mediators in regulating function of the lung and airways in obstructive lung diseases.
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Bobby Antalek, Clinical Research Coordinator at the ACRC, talks about how spirometry is used to assess people for respiratory conditions such as asthma or COPD.
Video 5 of a series highlighting the Airway Clinical Research Center at UCSF. Bobby Antalek, Clinical Research Coordinator at the ACRC, talks about how spiro...
Bobby Antalek, Clinical Research Coordinator at the ACRC, talks about how spirometry is used to assess people for respiratory conditions such as asthma or COPD.
ACRC SPOTIGHT: Dr. Homer Boushey
Dr. Homer Boushey received in his M.D. degree from the UCSF in 1968. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at UCSF and at the Beth-Israel Hospital of Harvard Medical School. He then pursued specialty training in Pulmonary Medicine at Oxford University and at UCSF. He joined the UCSF faculty in 1974 and, except for a year’s sabbatical at the University of Paris (Cochin Hospital), has remained here for his entire career. He has served as Vice-Chair of the Department of Medicine and Chief of the Medical Service (1989-1995) and recently as Chief of the Division of Allergy/Immunology and Director of the Asthma Clinical Research Center. Dr. Boushey’s major academic interests include clinical research on the pathogenesis and treatment of asthma, focusing especially on the role of viral respiratory infections in triggering asthma exacerbations. He serves also on editorial boards, expert panels, and advisory committees. He currently also serves as the secretary-treasurer of the American Thoracic Society.
Dr. Boushey’s research team has focused on methods for assessing airway mucosal inflammation (eg., sputum induction), on examining the effects of new, specifically targeted therapies (egs., monoclonal anti-IgE antibody, cell adhesion molecular inhibitors), on comparing existing therapies (inhaled corticosteroids, long-acting beta-agonists, and leukotriene antagonists, given alone or in combination), and on defining the mechanisms by which viral respiratory infection alters upper and lower airway function.
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The Airway Clinical Research Center is hiring a clinical research coordinator! Learn more by visiting http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/careers/ and searching with Req # 44495BR.
University of California, San Francisco is a leading university dedicated to defining health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care.
Gina Evans-Young, Clinical Research Coordinator at the ACRC, talks about sputum induction.
Video 4 of a series highlighting the Airway Clinical Research Center at UCSF. Gina Evans-Young, Clinical Research Coordinator at the ACRC, talks about sputum...
Gina Evans-Young, Clinical Research Coordinator at the ACRC, talks about sputum induction.
Help Us Fight Asthma at UCSF!
Research Study at UCSF for non-smoking adults with mild to moderate Asthma. Compensation up to $1200!
ACRC SPOTLIGHT : Dr. Prescott G. Woodruff
Dr. Prescott G. Woodruff is an professor of medicine at UCSF and a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He also conducts research at UCSF's Airway Clinical Research Center and General Clinical Research Center where he studies the mechanisms of inflammation, airway remodeling and airway hyper-responsiveness in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Dr. Woodruff earned a medical degree at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City and completed a residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. After residency training, he was a research fellow at the Channing Laboratory in Respiratory Epidemiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He also completed a graduate degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at UCSF, before joining the UCSF medical staff in 2002.
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Members of the ACRC are raising funds for the American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Climb. This event is in its 10th year and does some wonderful work as it relates to funding research, education, and patient programs. Please click the link below and consider donating to "The Big Wheeze Freeze" team. Thank you.
Dr. Homer Boushey talks about allergies and asthma. This is an excerpt from a talk entitled "Allergy Asthma and Microbes: The Hygiene Hypothesis" where Dr.Boushey explores the hygiene hypothesis, the notion that modern cleanliness causes a lack of stimulation of the immune system in early development, making children more vulnerable to things that cause asthma.
Shanthi Chodagiri, Clinical Research Coordinator at the ACRC, talks about methacholine challenge testing.
Shanthi Chodagiri, Clinical Research Coordinator at the ACRC, talks about methacholine challenge testing. Video 3 of a series highlighting the Airway Clinica...
Shanthi Chodagiri, Clinical Research Coordinator at the ACRC, talks about methacholine challenge testing.
ACRC SPOTLIGHT: Dr. John Fahy
Dr. John Fahy is a pulmonologist at UCSF Medical Center who has a special interest in treating patients with asthma. Dr. Fahy directs the severe asthma clinic at UCSF. He also cares for critically ill patients in the medical center's intensive care units.
As a researcher, he directs the UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center. At the center he receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and foundations, as well as contracts from biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical research in asthma, cystic fibrosis and other airway diseases to uncover underlying disease mechanisms.
Dr. Fahy earned a medical degree at University College Dublin in Ireland in 1985. After internal medicine training in Dublin, he completed pulmonary and critical care fellowship training at UCSF and joined the faculty in 1993 in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division. He is a professor in residence in the UCSF School of Medicine, where he holds the Michael S. Stulbarg Endowed Chair in Pulmonary Medicine.
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Dr. Stephen Lazarus, Professor of Medicine and Associate Director of the ACRC, talks about some of the differences between individuals that make asthma treatment a challenge, and how they lead to a personalized approach to asthma treatment.
Video 2 of a series highlighting the Airway Clinical Research Center at UCSF. Dr. Stephen Lazarus, Professor of Medicine and Associate Director of the ACRC, ...
Dr. Stephen Lazarus, Professor of Medicine and Associate Director of the ACRC, talks about some of the differences between individuals that make asthma treatment a challenge, and how they lead to a personalized approach to asthma treatment.
On behalf of all of us at the ACRC, we want to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday!
(L) Dr. Woodruff, Dr. Boushey, Dr. Fahy, and Dr. Lazarus (R)
Dr. Prescott G. Woodruff specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He also conducts research at UCSF's Airway Clinical Research Center and General Clinical Research Center where he studies the mechanisms of inflammation, airway remodeling and airway hyper-responsiveness in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Dr. Homer Boushey is recognized nationally and internationally for his work in the field of pulmonary medicine. He is an expert in clinical research on diseases of the airways, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and has focused on the effects of pollutants, allergens and infectious agents.
Dr. John Fahy is a pulmonologist at UCSF Medical Center who has a special interest in treating patients with asthma. Dr. Fahy directs the severe asthma clinic at UCSF as well as the UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center . He is also clinically active in the intensive care unit and the UCSF Chest Faculty Practice.
Dr. Stephen Lazarus' research has focused on the role of inflammatory cells and mediators in regulating function of the lung and airways in obstructive lung diseases. He is an Attending Physician on the Pulmonary Consult Service, the Adult Pulmonary Function Laboratory, and the Chest Faculty Practice at UCSF-Moffitt-Long Hospital. Currently he is Director of the Training Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director of the Adult Pulmonary Laboratory and the Airway Clinical Research Center.
The UCSF, Airway Clinical Research Center is hiring a new clinical research coordinator (CRC). Our CRCs are involved in all aspects of our research projects, including recruitment and coordination of study visits with research participants.
If you enjoy working with people and are interested in learning more about airway disease, visit http://ow.ly/VDOYC (Req # 43845BR) to learn more.
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