Kelan Tantisira, M.D. Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital [email protected] | The primary focus of Dr Tantisira's research efforts, have been in the pharmacogenetics of asthma therapeutics. With a focus on the pharmacogenetics of the beta-agonist and corticosteroid pathways and have made significant progress, they have identified genes that influence bronchodilator response in asthmatics, corticosteroid response over time as manifested by changes in FEV1, differences in airways hyperresponsiveness in patients on corticosteroids, and prediction of who will be hospitalized while on inhaled steroids |