UNC School of Pharmacy professor awarded $1.6 million for asthma study
| September 13, 2005 | |
| CHAPEL HILL — Dr. Betsy Sleath, a professor in UNC’s School of Pharmacy, recently was awarded a $1.6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for a study on “Children and Asthma: Communication and Outcomes.”The four-year project led by Sleath will examine how doctor-patient communication is related to how well a child’s asthma is controlled. During the study, 260 children between the ages of eight and 15 who have mild, moderate or severe asthma will be enrolled at eight private pediatric practices across North Carolina. Their caregivers also will participate.
Other UNC members of the research team are Dr. Guadalupe (Suchi) Ayala, co-principal investigator, and Dr. Karin Yeatts, both from the School of Public Health; Stephanie Davis, a pediatric pulmonologist from the School of Medicine; and Dr. William Campbell, professor, and Dr. Dennis Williams associate professor from the School of Pharmacy. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health, the federal government’s primary agency for biomedical and behavioral research. For further information please contact Ramona DuBose by email at ramona_dubose@unc.edu |
