Peyton Eggleston, MD
Interim Director
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Division
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland
Peyton Eggleston, MD, is a well-known expert on factors contributing to urban asthma and allergen avoidance to minimize disease symptoms. Dr. Eggleston is a noted researcher, with more than 140 publications. His research identifying cockroach allergens as a major contributor to asthma symptoms in inner-city children gained him national recognition in the late 1990s. Dr. Eggleston received his Bachelor of Arts and medical degrees from the University of Virginia. He completed his residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in allergy at the University of Washington.
Dr. Eggleston currently serves as Interim Director of the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Division at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also Director of the Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment, a position he has held since 1998. He also serves as a temporary reviewer for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Dr. Eggleston previously served as Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Training Program of Allergy and Immunology at the University of Virginia.
His current research includes the NIEHS-supported Inner City Cockroach Allergen Reduction Trial, a controlled clinical trial of the effects of reduction of cockroach allergen on medication requirements and asthma symptoms of asthmatic children living in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an investigator in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NHLBI-supported Home-Based Environmental Adherence Trial, a study of the effectiveness of allergen avoidance as an adjunct therapy, and for the National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institutes of Health Nebulized Intervention in Minority Children with Asthma.
Dr. Eggleston currently serves as Interim Director of the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Division at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also Director of the Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment, a position he has held since 1998. He also serves as a temporary reviewer for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Dr. Eggleston previously served as Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Training Program of Allergy and Immunology at the University of Virginia.
His current research includes the NIEHS-supported Inner City Cockroach Allergen Reduction Trial, a controlled clinical trial of the effects of reduction of cockroach allergen on medication requirements and asthma symptoms of asthmatic children living in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an investigator in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NHLBI-supported Home-Based Environmental Adherence Trial, a study of the effectiveness of allergen avoidance as an adjunct therapy, and for the National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institutes of Health Nebulized Intervention in Minority Children with Asthma.
