Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders Research
Meet the Team

Meet the Team

The Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders (CCED) is home to specialists with a wide variety of backgrounds and areas of focus. As a team, this diversity makes us better prepared to care for the unique needs of each patient and to conduct leading research. Learn more about our clinical research team below and our clinical care team.

Clinical Research Coordinators

Pratibha Kemtur, BDS, MDS

Clinical Research Coordinator, CCED Research

Rosa Lykins

Clinical Research Coordinator, Division of Allergy and Immunology

Cristin Murray Petzold, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator, CCED Research

Lauren Turner, MPH

Clinical Research Coordinator, CCED Research

Regina Yearout

Clinical Research Coordinator, CCED Research

Database Administrators

Michael Eby, BS

Senior Research Database Administrator, Division of Allergy and Immunology

Heather Foote

Data Management Administrator, Division of Allergy and Immunology

Director

Research Interests
Eosinophils; chemokines

Faculty

J. Pablo Abonia, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Mast cell progenitor homing / recruitment and its involvement in allergic disorders

Nurit Azouz, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Allergic diseases; the mechanisms by which protease–protease inhibitor imbalance promotes barrier breaches and loss of immunologic tolerance in...

Scott M. Bolton, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders; novel endoscopic approaches to disease evaluation and monitoring; disease outcomes

Margaret H. Collins, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Leah C. Kottyan, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Genetic basis of lupus; genetic basis of eosinophilic esophagitis; immunological mechanisms mediating genetic association with disease

Vincent A. Mukkada, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders; pediatric feeding problems

Philip E. Putnam, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Adverse drug reactions; mechanisms of immune dysregulation

Nicole E. Zahka, PhD

Staff Psychologist III, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

Program Manager