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Akilah A. Jefferson, MD, MSc

TitleMember of the Faculty
InstitutionKaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
DepartmentHealth Systems Science
Address100 South Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena CA 91101
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    TitleAssistant Professor
    InstitutionUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    DepartmentPediatrics


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    1. Rezaeiahari M, Eyimina A, Boyd M, Brown CC, Perry TT, Ararat E, Tilford JM, Jefferson AA. Pediatric asthma population risk stratification using k-means clustering. J Asthma. 2025 Dec; 62(12):2060-2069. PMID: 40878900; PMCID: PMC12854099.
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    2. Abdelkader S, Jefferson AA. Trust, A Key to Counter Vaccine Hesitancy. J Infect Dis. 2025 Aug 14; 232(2):274-277. PMID: 40338052; PMCID: PMC12349930.
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    3. Mahmood LZ, Perry TT, Jefferson AA, Berlinski A. Implications of removing race from spirometry reference equations in children with asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2025 Oct; 135(4):385-392.e5. PMID: 40651563.
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    4. Mahmood L, Sarkar KR, Neal K, Brown RC, Brown AW, Stewart S, Pesek RD, Jefferson AA, Perry TT. Video directly observed therapy to improve inhaler technique among pediatric patients with persistent asthma. J Asthma. 2025 Sep; 62(9):1591-1598. PMID: 40298296; PMCID: PMC12353540.
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    5. Tilly CM, Jefferson AA. Evaluating Inhaler Education Intervention for Hospitalized Children With Asthma: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics. 2024 Dec 01; 154(Suppl 4):S46-S47. PMID: 39620807.
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    6. Hunter Patt MR, Jefferson AA. Social Determinants of Health Influence Preschool and Caregiver Experiences During Symptoms and Exacerbations of Wheezing. Pediatrics. 2024 Dec 01; 154(Suppl 4):S39-S40. PMID: 39620821.
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    7. Mahmood LZ, Jefferson AA. The Protective Effect of Moderate Maternal Peanut Consumption on Peanut Sensitization and Allergy. Pediatrics. 2024 Dec 01; 154(Suppl 4):S10-S11. PMID: 39620752.
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    8. Boyd M, Eyimina A, Brown CC, Goudie A, Ararat E, Rezaeiahari M, Perry TT, Tilford JM, Jefferson AA. Association of Allergy Specialty Care and Asthma Outcomes for Medicaid-Enrolled Children. J Pediatr. 2025 Feb; 277:114361. PMID: 39428094; PMCID: PMC11788064.
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    9. Caid K, Tate M, Yousuf S, Jones L, Pesek RD, Jefferson AA, Perry TT, Liu D, Turner G, Ingold A, Hartzell S, Boyanton BL, Cobb K, Long H, House S, Frederick D, Frenner RA, Hathorn E, Jin J, Stewart S, Kennedy JL. Effects of nonpharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric asthma exacerbations and viral infections. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2024 Nov; 3(4):100340. PMID: 39498233; PMCID: PMC11533078.
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    10. Doan DT, Strebeck PV, Tran AD, Farrar JE, Appell LE, Modi AJ, Jefferson AA. Evaluation of recurrent and recalcitrant warts in a deaf adolescent male reveals GATA2 deficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2024 Nov; 3(4):100313. PMID: 39221430; PMCID: PMC11364118.
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    11. Jefferson AA, Davidson L, Scurlock AM, Stern J. Food Insecurity and Health Inequities in Food Allergy. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2024 04; 24(4):155-160. PMID: 38421593.
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    12. Mahmood L, Keskin S, Jefferson AA. Precision care in the treatment of pediatric asthma. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2024 06 01; 36(3):304-309. PMID: 38411592; PMCID: PMC11042999.
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    13. Rezaeiahari M, Brown CC, Eyimina A, Perry TT, Goudie A, Boyd M, Tilford JM, Jefferson AA. Predicting pediatric severe asthma exacerbations: an administrative claims-based predictive model. J Asthma. 2024 03; 61(3):203-211. PMID: 37725084; PMCID: PMC11195303.
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    14. O'Sullivan B, Ounpraseuth S, James L, Majure M, Lang J, Hu Z, Simon A, Bickel S, Ely B, Faricy LE, Garza M, Greer M, Hsia D, Jefferson A, Knight L, Lee J, Liptzin D, Haktanir Abul M, Perry TT, Prior F, SanGiovanni C, Tam-Williams J, Wu B, Snowden J, ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trial Network. Vitamin D Oral Replacement in Children With Obesity Related Asthma: VDORA1 Randomized Clinical Trial. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2024 02; 115(2):231-238. PMID: 37926939; PMCID: PMC10990434.
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    15. Perry TT, Grant TL, Dantzer JA, Udemgba C, Jefferson AA. Impact of socioeconomic factors on allergic diseases. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024 02; 153(2):368-377. PMID: 37967769; PMCID: PMC10922531.
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    16. Jones SM, Anvari S, Coleman A, Pesek RD, Kloepfer KM, Perry TT, Jefferson AA, Doan D, Andres A, Doderer M, Hilbun A, Solomon R, Scurlock AM. Food insecurity and allergic diseases: A?call to collective action. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024 02; 153(2):359-367. PMID: 37926122.
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    17. Jefferson AA, Brown CC, Eyimina A, Goudie A, Rezaeiahari M, Perry TT, Tilford JM. Asthma Quality Measurement and Adverse Outcomes in Medicaid-Enrolled Children. Pediatrics. 2023 08 01; 152(2). PMID: 37497577; PMCID: PMC10389769.
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    18. Price AS, Jefferson AA, Perry TT. Generational Consequences From Historical Redlining: Longitudinal Impacts on Air Pollution and Asthma Health Outcomes. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2023 03; 11(3):970-971. PMID: 36706984.
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    19. Burbank AJ, Hernandez ML, Jefferson A, Perry TT, Phipatanakul W, Poole J, Matsui EC. Environmental justice and allergic disease: A?Work Group Report of the AAAAI Environmental Exposure and Respiratory Health Committee and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 03; 151(3):656-670. PMID: 36584926; PMCID: PMC9992350.
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    20. Udemgba C, Jefferson AA, Stern J, Khoury P. Toolkit for Developing Structural Competency in Health Disparities in Allergy and Immunology Training and Research. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 04; 10(4):936-949. PMID: 35183785; PMCID: PMC9370065.
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    21. Jefferson AA. Shared Decision-Making in Addressing Asthma Health Disparities. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 11; 9(11):3977-3978. PMID: 34749945.
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    22. Raley E, Jefferson AA. Reimagining Cost-Effectiveness Analyses: A Role for Social Determinants of Health? J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 05; 9(5):1948-1949. PMID: 33966871.
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    23. Galant-Swafford J, Geng B, Leibel S, Akuthota P, Tucker S, Cernelc-Kohan M, Sheets R, Nation J, Jefferson AA. Two pediatric cases of ANCA-negative eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis successfully treated with dupilumab. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Nov - Dec; 8(10):3643-3646.e1. PMID: 32668296.
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    24. Wilson Y, White A, Jefferson A, Danis M. Broadening the Conversation About Intersectionality in Clinical Medicine. Am J Bioeth. 2019 Apr; 19(4):W1-W5. PMID: 30994424.
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    25. Jefferson AA. Asthma Access to Care Is Better, But Are Health Disparities? J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 03; 7(3):1094-1095. PMID: 30832887.
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    26. Wilson Y, White A, Jefferson A, Danis M. Intersectionality in Clinical Medicine: The Need for a Conceptual Framework. Am J Bioeth. 2019 Feb; 19(2):8-19. PMID: 30784384.
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    27. Jefferson AA, Khan DA, Shaker MS. The Penicillin Allergy Label: Expensive to Maintain, Inexpensive to Remove. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 May - Jun; 6(3):1028-1029. PMID: 29747969.
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    28. Jefferson AA, Pearson SD. Conflicts of Interest Reported in an Abbreviated Time Frame-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 07 01; 177(7):1060. PMID: 28672365.
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    29. Jefferson AA, Pearson SD. Conflict of Interest in Seminal Hepatitis C Virus and Cholesterol Management Guidelines. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 03 01; 177(3):352-357. PMID: 28114439.
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    30. Ein D, Jefferson A. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: causes and effects. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2014 Jan; 112(1):6-8. PMID: 24331385.
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