CREAL. Centre for research in environmental epidemiology

Stefano Guerra received his Medical Degree in 1996 from the University of Milan, where he also completed a fellowship in pulmonary medicine. Subsequently, he completed a Master in Public Health (concentration area in epidemiology) and a PhD in Epidemiology with minor in Genetics (2003) at the University of Arizona in Tucson. After completion of his PhD, he was on faculty at the Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, where he also taught graduate courses on genetic epidemiology and held a position as Director of the Concentration Area in Epidemiology (MPH Program). He currently holds a position as Associate Research Professor at CREAL.

• Research areas

His main research focus is on identifying genetic and molecular profiles for development and progression of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and, to that purpose, he is involved in the design and conduct of several long-term cohort studies on respiratory diseases, including a 33-year cohort study on the genetics and proteomics of COPD. His work on molecular epidemiology has been funded through the US National Institutes of Health, the American Thoracic Society, the American Heart Association, and the Francis Families Foundation.

•  Selected Publications

1. Guerra S, Sherrill DL, Martinez FD, Barbee RA: Rhinitis as an Independent Risk Factor for Adult-onset Asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2002; 109: 419-25
2. Guerra S, Lohman IC, Halonen M, Martinez FD, Wright AL: Reduced IFNg production and sCD14 levels in early life predict recurrent wheezing by 1 year of age. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2004; 169: 70-
3. Guerra S, Wright AL, Morgan WJ, Sherrill DL, Holberg CJ, Martinez FD: Persistence of asthma symptoms during adolescence: role of obesity and age at onset of puberty. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2004; 170: 78-85
4. Crestani E, Guerra S, Wright AL, Halonen M, Martinez FD: Parental asthma as a risk factor for the development of early skin test sensitization in children. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2004; 113: 284-90
5. Graves PE, Siroux V, Guerra S, Klimecki W, Martinez FD: Association of atopy and eczema with polymorphisms in TIM-ITK gene cluster in chromosome 5q33. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2005; 116: 650-6.

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