Health Disparities in Respiratory Medicine

Introduction to Health Disparities in Respiratory Medicine.- Health Disparities in Tobacco Smoking and Smoke Exposure.- Health Disparities Related to Environmental Air Quality.- Health Disparities in Occupational Exposures.- Health Disparities and Pulmonary Function Testing.- Health Disparities as They Relate to Medication Adherence.- Health Disparities in Ards.- Social Disparities in Lung Growth and Respiratory Health.- Health Disparities in Asthma.- Health Disparities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.- Health Disparities and Tuberculosis.- Disparities in Lung Cancer Outcomes.- Health Disparities in Critical Illness.- Health Disparities in Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders.- Health Disparities in End-of-Life Care.- Where Do We Go From Here? Improving Disparities in Respiratory Health.

Dr. Gerald is the Canyon Ranch Endowed Chair, Professor in the Department of Health Promotion Sciences and Associate Dean of Research in College of Public Health, at the University of Arizona and a member of the Arizona Respiratory Center. She is a nationally known expert in the area of school based asthma including implementation of asthma management programs, school based asthma case detection, and internet based asthma monitoring. She also has extensive experience in the areas of clinical, behavioral and epidemiological research in asthma, COPD, and tuberculosis. Dr. Gerald is actively involved in professional and community education related to asthma and has served on many national and local boards including the American Thoracic Society Board of Directors and the American Lung Association of Southern Arizona Board of Directors. She currently serves as PI of the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Center at the University of Arizona. Dr. Gerald has also served on many thesis and dissertation committees and mentored many graduate students, fellows, and junior faculty in the development of research programs.