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	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Karen Huss, RN, DNSc, CRNP, FAAN Associate Professor of JHU School of Nursing Joint Appointments: JHU School of Medicine, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Minority Asthma Research Center. Membership in the National Asthma Education Prevention Program (NAEPP) Coordinating Committee representing the American Nurses Association and the NAEPP preschool subcommittee. Principal investigator for the NIH, NINR (1R01NR05062-01A1) Research study, ?A+ Asthma Rural Partnership.? Co-investigator for the NHLBI ?A+ Asthma Early Intervention for Asthma Management.? ?Adherence Interventions for Minority Children with Asthma? and ?Nebulizer Intervention in Minority Children with Asthma.? Telephone Number : (410) 614-5296 E-mail : khuss@son.jhmi.edu <mailto:khuss@son.jhmi.edu> Education : DNSc, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC MSN, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD BSN, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Clinical practice interests : Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology Across the Lifespan Indoor environmental control of allergens Research interests : Minority asthma School based asthma Indoor environmental control of allergens Recent Journal Publications/Presentations : Huss, K., Adkinson, N. F., Eggleston, P. A., Dawson, C., Van Natta, M. L., & Hamilton, R. G. (2001). House dust mite and cockroach exposure are strong risk factors for positive allergy skin tests in the childhood asthma management program. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 107(1), 48-54. Huss, K., Winkelstein, M., Calabrese, B., Nanda, J., Quartey, R., Butz, A., Resto, M. Huss, R., & Rand, C. S. (2001). Rural school nurses asthma educational needs. J Asthma, 38(3), 253-260. Huss, K., Winkelstein, M., Calabrese, B., & Rand, C. (2001). Role of rural school nurses in asthma management. Paediatric Drugs, 3(5), 321-328.
	This study was made possible through a grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, 1 R01 NR05062-01A Copyright 2001 - Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing