Christian Rosas-Salazar, MD, MPH, is a pediatric pulmonologist and clinical translational investigator at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Rosas-Salazar received his medical degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara. He then completed a pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Michigan and a pediatric pulmonary fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. He is also a graduate of the Master of Public Health Program of the University of Pittsburgh. His current scientific program focuses on 1) examining genetic, environmental, sociodemographic, and lifestyle factors that shape the early-life respiratory microbiome, 2) evaluating the role of the early-life respiratory microbiome in the programming of the immune response, the severity of acute viral respiratory infections in infancy, and the origins of pediatric asthma phenotypes, and 3) developing novel interventions to manipulate the early-life respiratory microbiome with the ultimate purpose of preventing acute and chronic lung diseases in children. His contributions to research have been recognized by honors from the American Thoracic Society, the American College of Chest Physicians, the Society for Pediatric Research, and the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, among others. His scientific program is supported by funds from the Parker B. Francis Fellowship and the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
