Vanderbilt University Medical Center (KUMC Consortium)

The Vanderbilt Center of the ALA-ACRC is committed to the efficient and high-level conduct of all ALA-ACRC studies.

Center PI – Leonard Bacharier, MD

Co-Investigator – Katherine Cahill, MD

Drs Bacharier and Cahill have extensive experience in asthma clinical studies. Dr Bacharier had led national and international clinical trials in asthma, and is an investigator in several NIH-funded asthma programs, including the Inner City Asthma Consortium, ORBEX, VDAART, and PrecISE.   Dr Cahill has led several clinical studies, including a study on the role of imatinib in severe asthma.