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Preventive Care Program for Urban Children with Asthma

Are you the primary contact for this program?: 
Yes
Program Contact First Name: 
Paul
Program Contact Last Name: 
Tremblay
Phone: 
(585) 276-3333
Website URL: 
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/labs/Halterman-Lab/
What year was your program established?: 
2000
What community do you primarily serve?: 
White
African American
Hispanic
What type of area do you serve?: 
Urban
Low-Income
Minority
The Preventive Care Program for Urban Children with Asthma partners with Rochester (NY) city schools, primary care practices, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University of Rochester, and the Rochester community, to conduct research focusing on the testing of interventions to improve health care for urban children who suffer from childhood asthma. Our goal is to develop sustainable models for identifying and treating children with this disease.
What type of program do you have?: 

Univeristy of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute

Are you the primary contact for this program?: 
No
Program Contact First Name: 
Sally
Program Contact Last Name: 
Wenzel
Phone: 
412-802-6859
Website URL: 
http://www.asthmainstitute.pitt.edu/
What year was your program established?: 
2009
What community do you primarily serve?: 
White
African American
What type of area do you serve?: 
Urban
Our mission is to increase the scientific understanding of asthma/allergic diseases across all ages, to translate these findings into innovative approaches and to implement these approaches in the asthma community through an integrated Institute of scientists, clinicians, educators, patients and the community, thereby improving the health of asthma patients.
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