Dr. Bacharier is the Janie Robinson and John Moore Lee Chair in Pediatrics, Professor in Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Section Chief of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Scientific Director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Director of the Center for Pediatric Asthma Research. Dr. Bacharier is a pediatric allergist/immunologist with extensive experience in pediatric asthma research, particularly clinical trials. He has led and participated in multiple federally-funded multicenter clinical trials in childhood asthma. He has over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts derived from these projects. He is the sole American pediatrician on the Global Initiative for Asthma Science Committee, Secretary/Treasurer of the AAAAI, an Associate Editor for The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology as well as Editor of the 2 leading textbooks in the field of Allergy and Immunology.