Tina Hartert, M.D., is a professor in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and director of Vanderbilt’s Asthma Research Center. She is also assistant vice president for translational science. Her research interests and expertise include asthma epidemiology, asthma in high-risk populations, primary disease prevention, asthma risk factors and public health.