Bradley J. Undem, PhD
Highlights
Languages
- English
Gender
MaleJohns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Bradley J. Undem
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Medicine
Background
Bradley J. Undem, Ph.D. is currently Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He has a joint appointment in Physiology in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He joined the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of the Department of Medicine in 1987. He is a member of the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Biology, the American Thoracic Society, the American Physiological Society, the American Society for Neuroscience, and the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society. He currently serves on the Editorial Boards of several journals, and has served as a consultant and on the scientific advisory boards for several pharmaceutical companies. He lectures widely both nationally and internationally. He is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, reviews and book chapters.
Centers and Institutes
Asthma and Allergy Center
Research Interests
Nerve inflammation interactions, The peripheral nervous system in healthy and inflamed tissues, Vagal Sensory Neurobiology
Lab Website
Bradley Undem Lab
- Research in the Bradley Undem Lab centers around the hypothesis that the peripheral nervous system is directly involved in the processes of inflammation. This hypothesis is being studied primarily in the central airways and sympathetic ganglia. We are addressing this in a multidisciplinary fashion, using pharmacological, electrophysiological, biochemical and anatomical methodologies.
Research Summary
In general terms we are interested in the autonomic and afferent innervation of visceral tissues. More specifically, we are focusing on the pharmacology and mechanisms underlying vagal afferent excitability and neuroplasticity, that underlies airway inflammatory diseases.
Honors
- Outstanding Mentor Award, Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Medicine, 1/1/12
- Dean's Gold Medal Award, Medical School of Slovakia, 1/1/09
Memberships
- American Physiological Society
- American Society for Neuroscience
- American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Biology
- American Thoracic Society
- Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society
Additional Training
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1986, Fellowship Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Division of Allergy & Clinical Immunology