Title
Professor of Pediatrics

Education
BS – University of Wisconsin; 1969
MD – Medical College of Wisconsin; 1973
MS – Pharmacology, University of Iowa; 1980

Postgraduate Training
Residency – St. Louis University Hospital
Allergy and Pulmonary Fellowships – University of Iowa

Clinical Interests
Evaluation and treatment of children with asthma, cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and other respiratory diseases. Leader of the home ventilator management team, Co-Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center.

Research Interests

• Director of the Respiratory Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory
• Co-Principal Investigator of Iowa’s Cystic Fibrosis Translational Research Center, a part of the Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutic Development Network
• Development and implementation of clinical trial strategies for comparing effects of alternative treatment regimens on long-term outcome in cystic fibrosis
• Development of methods for comparing and evaluating the relative efficacy (bioequivalence or therapeutic equivalence) of inhaled drugs used to treat asthma.

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Division of Allergy and Pulmonology

Contact Information:
Office: 319-356-4050
E-mail: richard-ahrens@uiowa.edu