Dr Nizar Jarjour, MD is an Adult Pulmonologist, Ovid Meyer Endowed Professor of Medicine, and the Head of the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Jarjour has served as a Principal Investigator for several NIH funded collaborative grants, including the severe asthma research program (SARP) and the precision therapies in severe and exacerbation prone asthma (PrecISE).
Most recently, Dr. Jarjour and Dr. Melissa Rosenkranz received an RO1 as Co-PIs to study the effects of airway inflammation in asthma on the risk for dementia. He has also led research studies on the mechanism of allergic inflammation driven airway remodeling and interdisciplinary studies on the systemic effects of airway inflammation.
Dr Jarjour has contributed to 250 scientific publications with nearly 2000 scientific citations per year. He continues to provide clinical care in a weekly pulmonary clinic and to direct the pulmonary diagnostic laboratory. He is a past president of the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation (UWMF) and the Wisconsin Thoracic Society. He has served on NIH Study Sections and the American Board of Internal Medicine – Pulmonary Specialty Board and as a member of the FDA Allergy and Pulmonary Drug Advisory Committee.
Please join us in SAF 119 or online via Teams for Dr Jarjour’s seminar where he will be giving a talk on “Asthma Exacerbations: when sneezing begets wheezing!”.