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| Current Research Projects :: Asthma |
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| Project Title: |
Chicago Initiative to Raise Asthma Equity (CHIRAH) |
| Project PI: |
John Jay Shannon MD, Kevin Weiss MD |
| Co-investigators: |
A. Evans, L. Sadowski, R. Kee and numerous others from John Stroger Hospital & Northwestern Medical Center |
| Description: |
The Chicago Initiative to Raise Asthma Health Equity is a 5-year collaborative study to assess the relationship of stress and coping with asthma outcomes among children and adult family members with asthma. The study independent variables of stress and coping are believed to contribute to asthma disparities among African-American and low-income populations. |
| Sponsor: |
NHLBI |
| Contact Information: |
John Jay Shannon, MD |
| Project Duration: |
Start date: 09/30/2002 End date: 07/30/2007 |
| Status: |
Current |
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