The Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology and Pulmonary Medicine provides comprehensive care and diagnostic services for:

• Acute and chronic lung diseases including cystic fibrosis
• Asthma and allergies including atopic dermatitis, angioedema and urticaria
• Diseases of the immune system

Division personnel oversee a pediatric pulmonary function laboratory, bronchoscopy service and sleep disorders center. The associated Cellular Immunobiologist Unit is supported by both the Lurleen B. Wallace Tumor Institute and the Department of Pediatrics.

Major research interest include:

• Asthma
• Basic and clinical research in cystic fibrosis
• Investigations into the regulation of the immune system
• Mechanisms underlying deficiency syndromes
• Studies of the oncogenic events which result in B cell malignanacies an of T and B cell differentiation.