Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School

Allergy & Immunology

Rajesh Kumar works in the field of Allergy & Immunology. He received awards:"Fellow (FAAAAI)". Rajesh N. Kumar has written publications. He has 28 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Impaired neural structure and function contributing to autonomic symptoms in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.'

Publications

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• Water Exchange across the Blood-Brain Barrier in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An MRI Diffusion-Weighted Pseudo-Continuous Arterial Spin Labeling Study.
• Obesity and bronchodilator response in black and Hispanic children and adolescents with asthma.
• Genome-wide association study and admixture mapping reveal new loci associated with total IgE levels in Latinos.
• Genetic ancestry influences asthma susceptibility and lung function among Latinos.
• Genome-wide association study and admixture mapping identify different asthma-associated loci in Latinos: the Genes-environments & Admixture in Latino Americans study.
• Gene-based association identifies SPATA13-AS1 as a pharmacogenomic predictor of inhaled short-acting beta-agonist response in multiple population groups.
• Genome-wide association analysis identifies six new loci associated with forced vital capacity.
• A genome-wide association study of bronchodilator response in Latinos implicates rare variants.
• Dissecting childhood asthma with nasal transcriptomics distinguishes subphenotypes of disease.
• Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Asthma in Urban Minority Youths: The GALA II & SAGE II Studies.
• Factors associated with degree of atopy in Latino children in a nationwide pediatric sample: the Genes-environments and Admixture in Latino Asthmatics (GALA II) study.
• Early-life air pollution and asthma risk in minority children. The GALA II and SAGE II studies.
• Childhood Obesity and Asthma Control in a Diverse Sample: Examining age and Racial/Ethnic Differences.
• Further replication studies of the EVE Consortium meta-analysis identifies 2 asthma risk loci in European Americans.
• Genetic ancestry and its association with asthma exacerbations among African American subjects with asthma.
• Genetic variation in B cell-activating factor of the TNF family (BAFF) and asthma exacerbations among African American subjects.
• Chapter 10: Pediatric asthma: Principles and treatment.
• Genetic ancestry-smoking interactions and lung function in African Americans: a cohort study.
• Effect of secondhand smoke on asthma control among black and Latino children.
• African ancestry, early life exposures, and respiratory morbidity in early childhood.
• Quantifying the proportion of severe asthma exacerbations attributable to inhaled corticosteroid nonadherence.
• Adiposity, serum lipid levels, and allergic sensitization in Chinese men and women.
• Food allergy is associated with an increased risk of asthma.
• Familial aggregation of food allergy and sensitization to food allergens: a family-based study.
• A community-based study of tobacco smoke exposure among inner-city children with asthma in Chicago.
• Impaired neural structure and function contributing to autonomic symptoms in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
• The vitamin E isoforms α-tocopherol and γ-tocopherol have opposite associations with spirometric parameters: the CARDIA study.

Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatrics
• Allergy
• Immunology

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• LocalPlus
• Open Access Plus
• Coventry Health Care of Illinois PPO
• Health and Life PPO
• Platinum PPO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Golden Rule
• HealthLink PPO
• Choice Care PPO
• Preferred PPO
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Sagamore Plus
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Fellow (FAAAAI)

Education

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• University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine

Hospital

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• Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children?

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