Robert S. Tepper, MD, PhD
Mary Agnes Kennedy and Katheryn Kennedy Weinberger Professor of Pediatrics
Bio
Dr. Tepper is the Mary Agnes Kennedy and Katherine Kennedy Weinberger Professor of Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is a graduate of University of Wisconsin Medical School and completed his pediatric residency at University of Wisconsin and pediatric pulmonary fellowship at University of Arizona. His research focuses on lung growth and development, lung disease very early in life, and translational research to minimize the effects of lung disease.
Dr. Tepper’s research focuses upon lung structure and function as it relates to airway hyper-reactivity, as well as lung growth and maturation. Research studies focus upon 1) the effects of mechanical strain upon airway reactivity in vivo and in vitro, 2) the interaction between atopic inflammation and airway reactivity, and 3) the effect of Pak1 deficiency upon pulmonary inflammation and airway reactivity, and 4) the effects of premature birth, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and birth at high altitude (chronic hypoxia) on lung growth and development.
Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Airway Reactivity in Asthma. A Randomized, Sham-controlled Clinical Trial.
Increased prevalence of airway reactivity in children with eosinophilic esophagitis.
Pulmonary diffusing capacity in healthy African-American and Caucasian children.
Serum MicroRNA-21 as a Biomarker for Allergic Inflammatory Disease in Children.
Exhaled nitric oxide during infancy as a risk factor for asthma and airway hyperreactivity.
Atopy, cytokine production, and airway reactivity as predictors of pre-school asthma and airway responsiveness.
Increased lung volume in infants and toddlers at high compared to low altitude.
An infant with pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis: clinical improvement is associated with improvement in the pulmonary diffusion capacity.
Chorioamnionitis and subsequent lung function in preterm infants.
Genetic variation in vascular endothelial growth factor-a and lung function.
Asthma outcomes: pulmonary physiology.
Use of continuous positive airway pressure reduces airway reactivity in adults with asthma.
Quantitative assessment of chronic lung disease of infancy using computed tomography.
Pulmonary diffusing capacity in healthy Caucasian children.
Computed tomography score and pulmonary function in infants with chronic lung disease of infancy.
Evaluation of airway reactivity and immune characteristics as risk factors for wheezing early in life.
Growth of lung parenchyma in infants and toddlers with chronic lung disease of infancy.
Expired nitric oxide and airway reactivity in infants at risk for asthma.
Growth rate of lung function in healthy preterm infants.
American Lung Association
American Pediatric Society
American Physiological Society
American Thoracic Society
Society for Pediatric Research
American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatrics
Desc: Alpha Omega Alpha
Scope: National
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