Andrea A. Pappalardo, MD LAB
Community and School-Based Implementation Science Approaches to Health Equity in Asthma and Allergic Diseases Heading link
Andrea A. Pappalardo, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy at the University of Illinois at Chicago–UI Health. She received her BA from Washington University in St. Louis, her MD from University of Illinois at Chicago, completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency at University of Chicago, and a fellowship in Allergy/Immunology at Rush University Medical Center and Cook County Hospital. She has been practicing clinical allergy immunology across the lifespan in a variety of settings including: urban, suburban and community practice for over ten years. She is the former Medical Director of the Mobile Care Chicago Asthma and Allergy Program, and the former Medical Director of CHECK, a care coordination program for Medicaid recipients in Illinois. Dr. Pappalardo is now shifting her career focus to improving healthcare access through implementation-science based healthcare innovation. Her research focuses on school and community-engaged implementation science-driven interventions to reduce health disparities in asthma and food allergy. She believes strongly in increasing sub-specialty access in vulnerable populations in allergic diseases and in promoting health equity throughout Illinois.
Selected Key Publications Heading link
- Pappalardo AA, Codispoti CD, Mahdavinia M. Health care access in allergy and immunology: Problems and potential solutions. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024 Feb;153(2):401-403. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.10.020. Epub 2023 Nov 4. PMID: 37926120.
- Pappalardo AA, Wang T, Martin MA. CHECK: Multi-level Real-World Pediatric Asthma Care Coordination: Results and Lessons Learned. J Asthma. 2022 Sep 24;:1-19. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2022.2129063. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36151882.
- Pappalardo AA, Martin MA, Weinstein S, Pugach O, Mosnaim GS. Improving Adherence in Urban Youth With Asthma: Role of Community Health Workers. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 Sep 1;. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.08.030. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36058514.
- Trivedi M, Pappalardo AA, Udoko M, Garg A, Phipatanakul W, Szefler SJ, Nyenhuis SM. Social Determinants of Health in Asthma Through the Life Course. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 Apr;10(4):953-961. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.12.032. Epub 2022 Jan 13. PubMed PMID: 35033702.
- Volerman A, Lowe AA, Pappalardo AA, Anderson CMC, Blake KV, Bryant-Stephens T, Carr T, Carter H, Cicutto L, Gerald JK, Miller T, Moore NS, Phan H, Sadreameli SC, Tanner A, Winders TA, Gerald LB. Ensuring Access to Albuterol in Schools: From Policy to Implementation. An Official ATS/AANMA/ALA/NASN Policy Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Sep 1;204(5):508-522. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202106-1550ST. PubMed PMID: 34499024; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8491259.
- Coleman AT, Sharma H, Robinson A, Pappalardo AA, Vincent E, Fierstein JL, Frazier M, Bilaver L, Jiang J, Choi JJ, Kulkarni A, Fox S, Warren C, Mahdavinia M, Tobin M, Assa’ad A, Gupta R. Access to Allergen-Free Food Among Black and White Children with Food Allergy in the FORWARD Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 Jan;10(1):182-188. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.08.005. Epub 2021 Aug 19. PubMed PMID: 34419681.
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| Current Staff | Current Students | Former Trainees |
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Paige Hardy, MPH, Research Coordinator Caroline Youssef, MD, MPH, Research Associate Rachel Lane, MS, Biostatistician |
Jennifer Cushman, MD Krista Edenfield, RN, MPH Candidate Danita Hingston, MPS, MPH Candidate Alyssa Hsu, BS, MD Candidate Ana Ongtengco, BS, MD Candidate Oscar Tellez, BA, MPH Candidate Emily Wilt, BS, MD Candidate |
Caroline Alvarez, BS Raktima Dasgupta, MPP Michael Gonzalez, MD Aastha Saggar, MPH Jessie Wrona, MPH |
