Brooks, Edward G., M.D.
Professor
Personal Statement:
Dr. Brooks has over 20 years of clinical research experience in immunology. He has broad experience in human immune and allergic disorders and has performed investigations of animal and human lymphocyte phenotypic studies and biomarker analysis. Dr. Brooks has published over 50 articles with more than 1900 citations. He has had a long-standing interest in immune deficiency syndromes and in causes and mechanisms of airway inflammation. Brooks has provided research training at all levels: high school, college, pre-doctoral graduate and medical students, post-doctoral PhD candidates ans sub-specialty MDs. In the past 5 years, Brooks has served as a mentor to a graduate student who studies airway inflammation states in response to environmental pollutants and the influences of oxidative balance. Dr. Brooks also served as the Associate Program Director of the Allergy and Immunology training program at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.
Education
M.D., Medicine at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Research
Dr. Edward Brooks received his medical training at Texas Tech University and Harvard University. Dr. Brooks is a frequent speaker and consultant on airway inflammation caused by bacteria and air pollution as they relate to asthma. He actively investigates new drug targets for asthma treatment, and has written over 50 journal articles, book chapters and reviews in immunology.
Publications
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Wood PR, Hill VL, Burks ML, Peters JI, Singh H, Kannan TR, Vale S, Cagle MP, Principe MF, Baseman JB, Brooks EG. Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children with acute and refractory asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2013 May;110(5):328-334.
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Burks ML, Brooks EG, Hill VL, Peters JI, Wood PR. Assessing proxy reports: agreement between children with asthma and their caregivers on quality of life. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2013 Jul;111(1):14-9.
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Andrews CP, Ratner PH, Ehler BR, Brooks EG, Pollock BH, Ramirez DA, Jacobs RL. The mountain cedar model in clinical trials of seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2013 Jul;111(1):9-13.
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Medina JL, Coalson JJ, Brooks EG, Winter VT, Chaparro A, Principe MF, Kannan TR, Baseman JB, Dube PH. Mycoplasma pneumoniae CARDS toxin induces pulmonary eosinophilic and lymphocytic inflammation. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2012 Jun;46(6):815-22.
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Hochman DJ, Collaco CR, Brooks EG. Acrolein induction of oxidative stress and degranulation in mast cells. Environ Toxicol. 2012 Oct 10. – See more at: http://gsbs.uthscsa.edu/faculty/edward-brooks-m.d#sthash.euRgIZ53.dpuf