Allergy and Immunology

Dipa Sheth, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, was interviewed on FOX 5 News about the upcoming allergy season and what precautions allergy sufferers can take. 

Hemant Sharma, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, was interviewed on WTOP about increasing research showing sublingual immunotherapy, a pill or a drop placed under the tongue, may be just as effective and perhaps even safer than traditional allergy shots.

Hemant Sharma, M.D., M.H.S., assistant professor of pediatrics, was quoted in an article in The Washington Post on treating children to help lessen their sensitivity to food allergies. This article also appeared in Saratogian News.

Scienceline featured a new study published in Journal of Virology finding that prednisone, doxorubicin and vincristine, three immunosuppressive chemotherapy drugs also used in managing bone marrow transplants and severe allergies, are capable of activating some of the most common herpes…

Dipa Sheth, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, was interviewed by GW Today about allergy season, and what people can do to mitigate its effects.

Daniel Ein, M.D., clinical professor of medicine, comments on a story in the Washington Post on a supposed increase in asthma and allergies during the fall season.