
The Preventive Care Program for Children with Asthma
The Preventive Care Program for Children with Asthma is comprised of research investigators, a program director, research nurses, human subjects research specialists, graduate students, undergraduate students, and volunteers. Through our unique partnership with the Rochester city schools, primary care and specialist care providers, emergency departments, and the Rochester community, we focus on improving health care for children who suffer from childhood asthma. Our goal is to develop sustainable models for identifying and treating children with this all too common disease.
We are dedicated to providing educational opportunities for trainees at all levels. We provide hands-on research experiences for undergraduate students, medical and graduate students, academic fellows, and junior faculty members. Our training focuses on basic skills for community-based research and implementation, research methodology and analysis, publication and presentation skills, and hands-on research activities in the community. Many of our trainees have continued in research-related fields, with a particular focus on improving care for historically marginalized and underserved children in the community.

Jill S. Halterman, M.D., M.P.H.
Principal Investigator
Highlighted Research
Study of School Children with Asthma Provides Evidence for ‘Research Participation Effect’
A study of school-children with asthma showed evidence that simple follow-up calls to see how these children were doing increased the number of symptom-free days that they experienced.
- Addressing the gap in perioperative AKI risk identification: A two-phase project of a renal risk-stratification tool implementation.; Journal of perioperative practice. 2025 Nov 27.
- Pediatric asthma specialist care utilization among marginalized children with poorly controlled asthma.; The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma. 2025 Oct 29.
- Effect of the Telemedicine Enhanced Asthma Management-Uniting Providers (TEAM-UP) Program on Asthma Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.; The Journal of pediatrics. 2025 Oct 23.
- Caregivers of Children with Medical Complexity: A Qualitative Study of Their Adaptation.; Hospital pediatrics. 2025 Apr 28.
Contact Us
Jill Halterman Lab
Saunders Research Building (SRB)
Division of General Pediatrics (Pediatric Health Services Research)
Room 3.420
601 Elmwood Avenue
Box 777
Rochester, NY 14642