Asthma, COPD |
In Switzerland and in other countries of the North and West, asthma is the most important chronic disease among children and a major respiratory disease among adults. Investigating the environmental causes of asthma is a long-standing topic of interest and activity in several interdisciplinary research groups. The research agenda is broad and covers the roles of gender and sex in the development of asthma, and the genetic and molecular underpinnings of asthma phenotypes. The research allows us to quantify the impact of environmental factors on the burden and cost of asthma.