Tara Carr

Education:

• MD: University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2006

Dr Tara Carr is a board certified Allergist/Immunologist physician and Associate Professor at the University of Arizona. She is focused on studying the impact of environmental exposures on development and heterogeneity of allergic disease, with an emphasis on asthma. As co- Principal Investigator for the Binational Early Asthma and Microbiome Study, Dr Carr leads the scientific effort to collect, transport, and store human and environmental samples from Nogales Mexico and Tucson. Her major focus includes describing the immunology of pregnant women and the immunological development of their babies, with a goal of understanding which maternal and environmental factors influence allergic (asthma-prone) and non-allergic immune development.  As co-Investigator in the Tucson Children’s Respiratory Study, Dr Carr has a focus on early life factors that influence asthma development, including the impact of environmental exposures on the related disease rhinitis and the development of metabolic-related (obese, insulin resistant) asthma. Through interactions with members of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC), she has become interested in the interaction between metals in water source and development of asthma.  

Environmental research interests - Influence of environmental microbes on human microbiome and immune system development; Influence of drinking water (microbes, metals) on human immune development and asthma risk; Impact of airborne particulate matter and pollution on development of rhinitis