Abstract
Ariangela J. Kozik studies the respiratory microbiome as it relates to asthma. In this mSphere of Influence article, she reflects on how two papers, "Time's up to adopt a biopsychosocial model to address racial and ethnic disparities in asthma outcomes" (E. C. Matsui, A. S. Adamson, and R. D. Peng, Allergy Clin Immunol 143:2024-2025, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2019.03.015) and "Health disparities and the microbiome" (K. Findley, D. R. Williams, E. A. Grice, and V. L. Bonham, Trends Microbiol 24:847-850, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2016.08.001), shape her approach to human microbiome research.
Highlights
I have few vivid memories of my elementary school days
In their article “Time’s up to adopt a biopsychosocial model to address racial and ethnic disparities in asthma outcomes” [5], Matsui et al discuss a study that matched Black and white subjects with asthma based on their community/ family socioeconomic variables and environmental exposure variables, eliminating the racial disparity in asthma-related emergency department visits [6]
They assert the need to develop research frameworks that center the social determinants of health and biology
Summary
I have few vivid memories of my elementary school days. One is the smell. While the definitive cause of asthma is unknown, knowledge that the human microbiome is highly individualized, responsive to environmental exposures, and intricately connected to the immune system makes it a subject of research in this [2] and other chronic diseases [3, 4].
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