$$ Rebecca Sue Gruchalla, MD Division Director at Children's Health Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Education and Training

Medical School

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (1985)

Internship

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1986), Internal Medicine

Residency

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1988), Internal Medicine

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (HR) (1991), Allergy & Immunology

Research & Publications

Research Interests

• Pediatric Asthma Clinical Research

Selected Publications

• Preventing peanut allergy through early consumption--ready for prime time?, Gruchalla RS, Sampson HA N. Engl. J. Med. 2015 Feb 372 9 875-7
• IgE cross-linking critically impairs human monocyte function by blocking phagocytosis., Pyle DM, Yang VS, Gruchalla RS, Farrar JD, Gill MA J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 2013 Feb 131 2 491-500.e5
• Randomized trial of omalizumab (anti-IgE) for asthma in inner-city children., Busse WW, Morgan WJ, Gergen PJ, Mitchell HE, Gern JE, Liu AH, Gruchalla RS, Kattan M, Teach SJ, Pongracic JA, Chmiel JF, Steinbach SF, Calatroni A, Togias A, Thompson KM, Szefler SJ, Sorkness CA N. Engl. J. Med. 2011 Mar 364 11 1005-15
• Counterregulation between the Fc epsilon RI pathway and antiviral responses in human plasmacytoid dendritic cells., Gill MA, Bajwa G, George TA, Dong CC, Dougherty II, Jiang N, Gan VN, Gruchalla RS J. Immunol. 2010 Jun 184 11 5999-6006

Professional Activities

Professional Associations and Affiliations

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
• American Thoracic Society

Awards & Honors

• Gail G. Shapiro Memorial Lectureship - Lectureship Award (2007)
• Women’s Involvement in the AAAAI - Special Recognition Award (2007)
• AAAAI Special Recognition Award - Editorial Award (2004)
• Aventis/AAAAI Women Physician in Allergy Grant Award - Research Award (2003)
• Boehringer-Ingelheim AAAI/NIAID - Research Award (1992)

Appointments & Locations

Primary Location