The Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University has recently joined Stanford’s Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM). Previously the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research, the expanded Center now encompasses asthma research and patient care.

“This is exciting news for our Center,” explains Center Director Dr. Kari Nadeau. “There are common mechanisms underlying allergy, asthma, and lung disease and by joining forces with PCCM, we can collaboratively advance our understanding of these diseases.”

The integration also strengthens PCCM’s research mission to support basic science and innovative clinical approaches for the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of respiratory diseases and critical illnesses.

Under the leadership of Dr. Kari Nadeau, the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research conducts cutting-edge research to develop new innovative diagnostic tests and treatments for patients with asthma and allergies. The Center enrolls patients who represent a diverse group of ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds, offering equal opportunity to all eligible individuals with allergies and asthma.

PCCM, led by Division Chief Dr. Mark Nicolls, will now include the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in addition to specialized programs for the treatment and management of interstitial lung disease, lung transplantation, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, interventional pulmonology, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, lung nodule surveillance and cancer detection, and emphysema.

For more information about PCCM, please visit http://med.stanford.edu/pulmonary.html. For the latest information on trials currently being offered at Stanford and other institutions, please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov.