Children's Allergy and Asthma Data Hub (CADRE)
Children's Allergy and Asthma Data Repository (CADRE) Supplement
This project builds a shared data hub that combines many childhood allergy and asthma birth-study records so researchers can find early-life factors that change a child's risk of asthma.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Wisconsin-Madison NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Madison, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11345660 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
This project creates a central, user-friendly repository that brings together data from many birth and infant cohort studies about allergies and asthma. The team will harmonize information like birth details, environmental exposures, genetics, and health outcomes so different studies can be compared and combined. They will start with the existing CREW dataset and invite additional cohorts nationwide to contribute data and use value-added services to make data easier to access and interpret. The goal is to speed up discoveries about prenatal and early-life factors that could be changed to prevent childhood asthma.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are families who took part in birth or infant cohort studies (including infants/children with or without allergies or asthma) and who permit their study data or biospecimens to be shared for pooled research.
Not a fit: Patients who were never enrolled in relevant birth/infant cohorts or who lack early-life exposure or outcome data are unlikely to be included or to benefit directly from this repository.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the repository could help researchers identify preventable prenatal or early-life causes of childhood asthma and lead to better prevention strategies.
How similar studies have performed: This builds on prior successful cohort collaborations (like CREW) that have identified risk factors by pooling data, but CADRE aims to scale and standardize that approach more broadly.
Where this research is happening
Madison, United States
- University of Wisconsin-Madison — Madison, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Gern, James E. — University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Study coordinator: Gern, James E.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.