BWH Asthma Research Center

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Asthma Research Center

The Asthma Research Center at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in conjunction with Harvard Medical School is dedicated to conducting research that advances the treatment and understanding of asthma. Over 34 million people have been diagnosed with asthma. This is a disease which can limit a person’s ability to work, play, exercise, or even carry out their everyday functions. Our talented body of physicians and scientists tackle pressing issues such as the different tiers of severity, as well as examine asthma at the cellular and molecular levels to truly understand its cause and effect.

Some Benefits of Participating in our Asthma Research Studies:

Advance treatment of asthma

No-cost evaluation tests

Compensation up to $1,735

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Further information about benefits and risk of participation in clinical research studies can be found at the Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP)

Read what our previous participants have said about our studies

If you are a physician interested in referring a patient we encourage you to have them call us at
1-888-99-ASTHMA or email us at ARC@partners.org.

Elliot Israel, MD Director Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital Dr. Elliot Israel graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Israel serves as the Director of Clinical Research in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Boston Magazine has named him one of Boston’s best pulmonary doctors. He has completed over 50 clinical studies on asthma.

Kathleen J. Haley, MD Dr. Kathleen Haley graduated from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Currently Dr. Haley is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she attends in the Medical and Thoracic Intensive Care Units. Additionally, she serves as the Medical Director for the BWH Ventilator Service at Spaulding Hospital Cambridge.

Justin D Salciccioli, MBBS is currently a senior fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine in London, United Kingdom. His research activities started as an undergraduate student while completing a biochemistry degree and he previously worked on clinical trials in intensive care. Since joining the pulmonary and critical care fellowship at BWH, he has developed an increasing focus on asthma in his clinical practice and research activities. He has co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed research articles and is working on a number of current projects at the Asthma Research Center.

Carrie Pistenmaa, MD received her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire, and then completed her training in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she attends on the Pulmonary Consult Service and sees patients in the Center for Chest Disease. Dr. Pistenmaa’s clinical research is in the area of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema.