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Franziska J. Rosser, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Franziska J. Rosser, MD, MPH is a pediatric pulmonologist at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics within the Division of Pulmonology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, specializing in caring for children with respiratory disorders. Dr. Rosser received her medical degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, completed her pediatric residency at Greenville Hospital System/University of South Carolina Greenville followed by her pediatric pulmonology fellowship at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
She received her Master of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Dr. Rosser is a former Clinical and Translational Science KL2 Scholar within the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE), has received funding from the American Thoracic Society to conduct a pilot clinical trial to evaluate adding the Air Quality Index to routine childhood asthma care, and is currently a Principal Investigator of a K08 evaluating the association of outdoor air pollution on airway “omics” in children with asthma. She is a member of the American Thoracic Society Environmental Health Policy Committee.
Education & Training
- BS, Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2003
- MD, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, 2009
- MPH, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, 2015
- Residency in Pediatrics, Greenville Hospital System, 2009-2012
- Fellowship in Pediatrics Pulmonology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2012-2015
Selected Publications
Academic and Research Interests
- Childhood ashma
- Air pollution
- Juvenile systemic sclerosis
- Air quality index
Research Grants
K08 HL159333 NHLBI, Chronic outdoor air pollution, airway epithelial ‘omics’ and asthma exacerbations in children, 2021-2025
R01 HL152475 NHLBI, Nasal epithelial epigenomics and transcriptomics and asthma in Hispanic adults, 2023-
R01 HL168539 NHLBI, Exposure to violence during childhood and Th2-high asthma in young Puerto Ricans, 2023-