Meet the Team
Meet the Team
The Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders (CCED) is home to specialists with a wide variety of backgrounds and areas of focus. As a team, this diversity makes us better prepared to care for the unique needs of each patient and to conduct leading research. Learn more about our clinical research team below and our clinical care team.
Clinical Research Coordinators
Pratibha Kemtur, BDS, MDS
Clinical Research Coordinator, CCED Research
Cristin Murray Petzold, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator, CCED Research
Database Administrators
Director
Research Interests
Eosinophils; chemokines
Faculty
Research Interests
Mast cell progenitor homing / recruitment and its involvement in allergic disorders
Research Interests
Allergic diseases; the mechanisms by which protease–protease inhibitor imbalance promotes barrier breaches and loss of immunologic tolerance in...
Research Interests
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders; novel endoscopic approaches to disease evaluation and monitoring; disease outcomes
Margaret H. Collins, MD
Professor, UC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Research Interests
Immune deficiency; immune dysregulation; eosinophilic disorders; development of chronic lung disease in patients with immune deficiency and...
Research Interests
Genetic basis of lupus; genetic basis of eosinophilic esophagitis; immunological mechanisms mediating genetic association with disease
Research Interests
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders; pediatric feeding problems
Research Interests
Adverse drug reactions; mechanisms of immune dysregulation
Justin T. Schwartz, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Nicole E. Zahka, PhD
Staff Psychologist III, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
Program Manager
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