Dr. Szefler is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Director of the Pediatric Asthma Research Program for the Breathing Institute and the Section of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Dr. Szefler’s major research contributions are directed toward the assessment of treatment response and developing individualized approaches to managing childhood asthma. He is currently a Multiple-Principal Investigator for the Colorado site of the NHLBI PrecISE Network focused on discovering new treatments for severe and exacerbation-prone asthma.
For the past twenty years, he has developed and directed a school-centered asthma program (AsthmaCOMP Expansion) funded by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Cancer, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease Program. He is also Multiple-Principal Investigator for the Colorado site of the NHLBI Disparities Elimination through Coordinated Interventions to Prevent and Control Heart and Lung Disease Risk (DECIPHeR) Alliance. His site is focused on reducing asthma risk in children with health disparities in the State of Colorado.