RIPLRT's News and Updates

Immunotherapy, A Way to Breathe Easier

Posted on January 19, 2019

By Ruslan Fomenko Almost all of us have had some sort of an encounter with allergies. If not from firsthand experience, most people have witnessed a friend or a family member affected by seasonal, pet, or food allergens. But what means do we have to combat these inconvenient, and sometimes... [Read More]

Asthma and our Diet

Can asthma symptoms be influenced by your diet?

Posted on January 12, 2019

By Shandra Bellinger The purpose of this blog post is to emphasize the connection between the foods we consume and our respiratory health. Research is ever evolving, so the purpose is to open one’s eyes and see the broader picture of how our diet can affect our health, and improve... [Read More]

Battle of the Opioid Epidemic!

In just 5 minutes, gain additional knowledge about the opioid crisis

Posted on January 4, 2019

By Hayat Srour The Opioid epidemic has flowed into many conversations around the US including the “RIPL-sphere” (meaning within the atmosphere of the Respiratory and Immunolofy Project Laboratory of Larkin University). Whether it was someone you know suffering with “pain-killer” addiction, or the news reporting on the lives that have... [Read More]

New RIPLRT Member Recruited at a Recent Conference

Summer Pellechio was recently recruited at the ABRCMS 2018 conference!

Posted on November 30, 2018

Summer Pellechio, who recently attended the 2018 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority (ABRMCS) which took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from November 14 to 17th, and earned a poster award in the section of Computational and System Biology, is the most recent addition to the RIPL_Effect Research Team. At ABRCMS... [Read More]

Recent research grant in Respiratory Health

In collaboration with scientsts from the University of Texas at Austin

Posted on November 29, 2018

Together with scientists from the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, the School of Nursing, and the Dell Medical School of the University of Texas – Austin (Dr. Kerry Kinney as Principal Investigator), Dr. Félix E. Rivera-Mariani and the RILPRT will be collaborating in a recently-funded project by the... [Read More]