ASAP

January 20, 2023

Vanderbilt mourns loss of ASAP co-founder Murray

John Joseph Murray V, MD, PhD, a co-founder of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program (ASAP), died on Jan. 6 at Vanderbilt University Hospital.

By Nancy Humphrey

April 12, 2018

Alpha-gal found to be both a medication and red meat allergy

Alpha-gal allergy has commonly been referred to as “the red meat” allergy, but doctors at the Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program (ASAP) helped uncover that not only red meat, but some medications, can contain alpha-gal.

November 6, 2017

My Southern Health: Learn about the signs of food allergies

Food allergies continue to be an important topic as more are diagnosed. They can develop for anyone, at any point, at any age.

By VUMC News and Communications

February 28, 2017

My Southern Health: Spring allergies may be worse in the South

Hay fever can pose more of a challenge in Southern cities. Here’s why and what to do about it.

By VUMC News and Communications

January 19, 2017

Study to track diabetes drug’s ability to also treat asthma

Investigators in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine and the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism recently received a $1.25 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

By VUMC News and Communications

December 21, 2016

Allergists say alpha-gal red meat allergy better understood, as numbers continue to increase

Doctors at the Vanderbilt’s Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program (ASAP) have continued to see an increase in the number of patients being treated for alpha-gal syndrome, commonly known as the red meat allergy, and with that increase has come more knowledge about management and treatment of the restrictive allergy.