Professor Erick Forno is a pediatric pulmonologist and Vice-Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Children\u2019s Hospital in Indianapolis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prof. Forno’s overarching research interests include the epidemiology and genomics of asthma; studying the effects of obesity on childhood respiratory health; the use of “omics” approaches to identify predictive and response biomarkers in pediatric pulmonary diseases; and the development of AI technology to improve respiratory health for children. His research is funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Forno is deeply committed to developing the next generation of pediatric pulmonologists and physician scientists; he has mentored more than 20 students, residents, fellows, doctoral students, and postdocs. He has authored or co-authored more than 230 peer-reviewed publications and has received several awards, including the Robert Mellins Outstanding Achievement Award from the ATS, the Klosterfrau International Award for Research in Airway Diseases of Childhood, and the Gale & Ira Drukier Award in Children\u2019s Health Research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Professor Erick Forno is a pediatric pulmonologist and Vice-Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Children\u2019s Hospital in Indianapolis. Prof. Forno’s overarching research interests include the epidemiology and genomics of asthma; studying the effects of obesity on childhood respiratory health; the use of “omics” approaches […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speaker"],"yoast_head":"\n