WandaPhipatanakulMDMS

Allergy & Immunology • Boston, MA

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Director, Asthma Clinical Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital

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Office
300 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-355-6117
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Allergy and Immunology, 1997 - 2000
Children's Hospital Los AngelesResidency, Pediatrics, 1994 - 1997
Loma Linda University Health Education ConsortiumInternship, Transitional Year, 1994 - 1995
Loma Linda University School of MedicineClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1995 - Present
MA State Medical License 2000 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1997 - 1999
American Board of Allergy and Immunology Allergy & Immunology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAAAAI) American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology

Clinical Trials

Trial on the Effect of Budesonide/Formoterol and Inhaled Budesonide Alone on Exercise-Induced Asthma Start of enrollment: 2010 Feb 01
Terminated
Phase 4
Treatment of Preschool Children With Upper Respiratory Tract Illnesses Using Azythromycin and Lower Respiratory Tract Symptoms Using Oral Corticosteroids. Start of enrollment: 2011 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 3
Severe Asthma Research Program Start of enrollment: 2012 Oct 01
Active, not recruiting
Allergens in Inner-City Schools and Childhood Asthma Start of enrollment: 2008 Mar 01
Completed
The Severe Asthma Research Program III-Boston Clinical Site Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 01
Completed
Environmental Intervention to Reduce Allergens in Urban Schools and Childhood Asthma Start of enrollment: 2013 May 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Oral Bacterial Extract for the Prevention of Wheezing Lower Respiratory Tract Illness Start of enrollment: 2017 Jan 03
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
School Inner-City Asthma Intervention Study (SICAS-2) Start of enrollment: 2015 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Community Empowerment to Pilot a Novel Device for Monitoring Rescue Medication Use in Urban Children With Asthma Start of enrollment: 2016 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Preventing Asthma in High Risk Kids Start of enrollment: 2018 Nov 27
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Investigating Dupilumab's Effect in Asthma by Genotype Start of enrollment: 2021 Sep 08
Recruiting
Phase 4
Environmental Assessment of Sleep in Youth Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 18
Completed
Roles: Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

On mentoring and being mentored-a lifetime journey and legacy.
Wanda Phipatanakul> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2024 Apr 3
Asthma and Sleep-disordered Breathing Overlap in School-aged Children.
Seyni Gueye-Ndiaye, Sigfus Gunnlaugsson, Le Li, Jonathan M Gaffin, Ying Zhang, Tamar Sofer, Judith Owens, Diane R Gold, Gary Adamkiewicz, Wanda Phipatanakul, Susan Red...> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2024 Mar 6
Basophils are important for development of allergic skin inflammation.
Leyva-Castillo, J., Vega-Mendoza, D., Strakosha, M., Deng, L., Choi, S., Miyake, K., Karasuyama, H., Chiu, I., Phipatanakul, W., Geha, R.> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2024 Feb 7
Asthma morbidity measures across Black ethnic subgroups.
Ishmael, L., Apter, A., Busse, P., Calderon-Candelario, R., Carroll, J., Casale, T., Celedón, J., Cohen, R., Coyne-Beasley, T., Cui, J., Ericson, B., Hernandez, P., Ka...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2024 Feb 1
Protocol for the air purification for eosinophilic COPD study (APECS): a randomised controlled trial of home air filtration by HEPA.
Saeed, M., Denoncourt, C., Chao, I., Schortmann, S., Nassikas, N., Synn, A., Koutrakis, P., Coull, B., Kang, C., Wolfson, J., Ferguson, S., Rebuli, M., Jaspers, I., Li...> ;BMJ Open. 2024 Jan 18
Lung function trajectories in a cohort of patients with moderate-to-severe asthma on mepolizumab, omalizumab, or dupilumab.
Nopsopon, T., Weiss, S., Barrett, N., Phipatanakul, W., Laidlaw, T., Akenroye, A.> ;Allergy. 2024 Jan 2
Impact of Exacerbation History on Dupilumab Efficacy in Children with Uncontrolled Moderate-to-Severe Asthma: LIBERTY ASTHMA VOYAGE Study.
Theresa W Guilbert, Alberto Tolcachier, Alessandro G Fiocchi, Constance H Katelaris, Wanda Phipatanakul, Philippe Begin, Inés de Mir, Arman Altincatal, Rebecca Gall, O...> ;Journal of Asthma and Allergy. 2024 Jan 1
Solar and geomagnetic activity impacts children with asthma.
Caroline L Mortelliti, Julia X Lee, Kimberly Greco, Petros Koutrakis, Wanda Phipatanakul, Jonathan Gaffin, Carolina Zilli Vieira> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2024 Apr 1
Association of Sputum Eosinophilia With Easily Measured Type-2 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Untreated Mild Persistent Asthma.
Ronina Covar, Stephen C Lazarus, Jerry A Krishnan, Kathryn V Blake, Christine A Sorkness, Anne-Marie Dyer, Jason E Lang, Njira L Lugogo, David T Mauger, Michael E Wech...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2024 Apr 1
Dupilumab Improves Lung Function Parameters in Pediatric Type 2 Asthma: VOYAGE Study.
Leonard B Bacharier, Theresa W Guilbert, Constance H Katelaris, Antoine Deschildre, Wanda Phipatanakul, Dongfang Liu, Arman Altincatal, Leda P Mannent, Nikhil Amin, El...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2024 Apr 1
Asthma and Environmental Exposures to Phenols, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Phthalates in Children.
Medina S Jackson-Browne, Marisa A Patti, Noelle B Henderson, Marissa Hauptman, Wanda Phipatanakul> ;Current Environmental Health Reports. 2023 Dec 1
3 citations
Unanswered questions on the use of biologics in pediatric asthma.
Antonio Nieto, Zeinab A El-Sayed, René Maximiliano Gómez, Elham Hossny, Wang Jiu-Yao, Ömer Kalayci, Mário Morais-Almeida, Wanda Phipatanakul, Paulo Marcio Pitrez, Césa...> ;The World Allergy Organization Journal. 2023 Nov 1
3 citations
Dupilumab leads to better-controlled asthma and quality of life in children: the VOYAGE study.
Alessandro G Fiocchi, Wanda Phipatanakul, Robert S Zeiger, Sandy R Durrani, Jeremy Cole, Jérôme Msihid, Rebecca Gall, Juby A Jacob-Nara, Yamo Deniz, Paul J Rowe, David...> ;The European Respiratory Journal. 2023 Nov 1
The spectrum of environmental disparities in asthma.
Anna M Zhang, Tina M Banzon, Wanda Phipatanakul> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2024 Feb 1
Effects of Allergen Exposure and Environmental Risk Factors in Schools on Childhood Asthma.
Eva Yarsky, Tina M Banzon, Wanda Phipatanakul> ;Current Allergy and Asthma Reports. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
Future of biologics in pediatric asthma: Optimizing response, early introduction, and equitable access to treatment.
Ianthe R M Schepel, Tina M Banzon, Wanda Phipatanakul> ;Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 2024 Jan 1
Race-specific spirometry equations may overestimate asthma control in Black children and adolescents.
Allison J Burbank, Claire E Atkinson, Andre E Espaillat, Stephen A Schworer, Katherine Mills, Jennifer Rooney, Ceila E Loughlin, Wanda Phipatanakul, Michelle L Hernandez> ;Respiratory Research. 2023 Aug 17
High plasma IL-6 levels may enhance the adverse effects of mouse allergen exposure in urban schools on asthma morbidity in children.
Nicole Akar-Ghibril, Kimberly F Greco, Medina Jackson-Browne, Wanda Phipatanakul, Perdita Permaul> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2023 Dec 1
1 citations
Rhinoviruses A and C elicit long-lasting antibody responses with limited cross-neutralization.
Yury A Bochkov, Mark Devries, Kaitlin Tetreault, Ronald Gangnon, Sujin Lee, Leonard B Bacharier, William W Busse, Carlos A Camargo, Timothy Choi, Robyn Cohen, Ramyani ...> ;Journal of Medical Virology. 2023 Aug 1
Trust, but verify: a new potential association between food allergy and asthma in children.
Matthew Greenhawt, Wanda Phipatanakul> ;The Lancet. Child & Adolescent Health. 2023 Sep 1
Preference for and impact of telehealth vs in-person asthma visits among Black and Latinx adults.
Israel C Ugalde, Amanda Ratigan, Conner Merriman, Jing Cui, Brianna Ericson, Paula Busse, Jennifer K Carroll, Thomas Casale, Juan Carlos Celedón, Tamera Coyne-Beasley,...> ;Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 2023 Nov 1
Editorial comment on "Cost-effectiveness of omalizumab for the treatment of severe pediatric allergic asthma-Results of a real-life study in Spain".
Ayobami Akenroye, Wanda Phipatanakul> ;Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 2023 Jul 1
Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter <2.5 μm and Lung Function Change in Children with Asthma Receiving Inhaled Corticosteroids.
Franziska J Rosser, Yueh-Ying Han, Erick Forno, Theresa W Guilbert, Leonard B Bacharier, Wanda Phipatanakul, Gillian C Goobie, S Mehdi Nouraie, Mary Martinez, Juan C C...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2023 Sep 1
Histamine-releasing factor in severe asthma and rhinovirus-associated asthma exacerbation.
Yu Kawakami, Ikuo Takazawa, Merritt L Fajt, Kazumi Kasakura, Joseph Lin, Julienne Ferrer, David B Kantor, Wanda Phipatanakul, Peter W Heymann, Chris A Benedict, Yuko K...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2023 Sep 1
2 citations
Current and Optimal Practices in Childhood Asthma Monitoring Among Multiple International Stakeholders.
Nikolaos G Papadopoulos, Alexander G Mathioudakis, Adnan Custovic, Antoine Deschildre, Wanda Phipatanakul, Gary Wong, Paraskevi Xepapadaki> ;JAMA Network Open. 2023 May 1
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Journal Articles

Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Severe Asthma Exacerbations in Children with Asthma and Low Vitamin D Levels
Erick Forno, Leonard B Bacharier, Wanda Phipatanakul, Kristie Ross, Ronina Covar, James E Gern, Franziska J Rosser, Joshua Blatter, JAMA
Care Pathways for the Selection of a Biologic in Severe Asthma
Michael E Wechsler, Wanda Phipatanakul, Nicola A Hanania, The European Respiratory Journal

Authored Content

Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Severe Asthma Exacerbations in Children with Asthma and Low Vitamin D LevelsAugust 2020

Press Mentions

Trial for Severe Asthma Targets a Mutation Common in Children of ColorSeptember 7th, 2021
Clinical Trial to Test Personalized Treatment for Severe Asthma Caused by a Specific MutationJuly 21st, 2021
Frequent Snoring Tied to Increased Asthma Symptoms, Healthcare Use in KidsJune 22nd, 2021
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Grant Support

Allergens In Inner-City Schools And Childhood AsthmaNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2008–2012
Asthmanet: Brigham And Women'S Hospital &Children'S Hospital BostonNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2011
The Epidemiology Of Home Allergens And AsthmaNational Center For Research Resources2007
Role Of Mouse Allergen In Childhood AsthmaNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2003–2007