This Healia Health Guide on asthma was written by Joel Dahms on March 16, 2008 and was reviewed by Jessica Eisner, MD, on March 20, 2008.

Contributors

Joel Dahms, MS, is a biomedical writer with a masters degree in neuroscience from UCLA and another masters degree in technical communication from the University of Washington. He also teaches anatomy and physiology at a community college in Seattle.

Jessica Eisner, MD, graduated from the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine and went on to complete her residency in laboratory medicine at the University of Washington. She received the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians & Scientists’ Young Investigator of the Year Award for this work and its subsequent adaptation for DNA micro-arrays.