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Toby Lewis

Toby C Lewis, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases

Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences

Assistant Research Scientist, Health Behavior and Health Education

M6521 SPH II      Vcard icon
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029

Pediatric Pulmonary      Vcard icon
L2221 Women's SPC 5212
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029

E-mail: tobyl@umich.edu

Education

M.D., Cornell University, 1993
M.P.H., University of Washington, 1999
B.A., Biology, Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, 1988

Research Interests & Projects

> > Dvonch Lab - Exposure Assessment, Source Identification, and Health Effects of Air Pollutants (Member)

Dr. Dvonch's work focuses on the exposure assessment, source identification, and health effects of air pollutants. He obtained a B.S. in Chemistry in 1992. In 1994, he earned an M.S. in Environmental Health Sciences, and subsequently a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences in 1998. Dr. Dvonch collaborates on several large multi-disciplinary projects focused on environmental exposures and their related effects on health.... More >>

 Exposure Assessment, Source Identification, and Health Effects of Air Pollutants 

> > Opening the Door for Mechanistic Studies of Air Pollution Health Effects: A Pilot Project. (Principal Investigator)

Goal: To develop a PM2.5 extraction protocol suitable for in vitro mechanistic studies; to develop an in vitro assay of PM2.5 effect on respiratory epithelial cells; to determine variation in epithelial cellular responses by PM composition profile using sample filters collected at different geographic locations representing 8 different mixtures of PM2.5 emission sources and investigate interactive effects with rhinovirus.... More >>

 Opening the Door for Mechanistic Studies of Air Pollution Health Effects: A Pilot Project. 

> > A Community Based Participatory Research Intervention for Childhood Asthma Using Air Filters and Air Conditioners (Co-Principal Investigator)

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood in the United States. Many important triggers of asthma, including allergens and airborne particulate matter (PM), occur in the indoor environment. This intervention is a randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of air filters (AFs) alone, and AFs together with air conditioners (ACs), to reduce indoor PM and improve health status of children with asthma above and beyond a standard community health worker home visit intervention. The specific aims are ... More >>

 A Community Based Participatory Research Intervention for Childhood Asthma Using Air Filters and Air Conditioners 

Selected Publications

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Dombkowski, K.L., S.R. Harrison, L.M. Cohn, T.C. Lewis and S.J. Clark (2009). Continuity of Prescribers of Short Acting Beta Agonists among Children with Asthma Journal of Pediatrics, 155(6), 788-94.

Hassan, F., T.C. Lewis, M.M. Davis, A. Gebremariam and K. Dombkowski (2009). Hospital Utilization and Xosts among Children with Influenza American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(4), 292-6.