RRT, AE-C, BS of Health Science Nico is an Asthma Champion for Asthma Echo. She works at Cox Barton County Hospital in Lamar, MO where she has implemented a Childhood Asthma program. She has been a certified Asthma Educator for 10 years, a Registered Respiratory Therapist for 20 years working Read More
DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, AE-C Dr. Melissa R. Penkalski is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Certified Asthma Educator employed by Missouri State University as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Penkalski has been working with Asthma Ready Communities for over 10 years. Initially with a CALM Asthma Grant from the Missouri Foundation for Read More
Professor and Program Director for the Environmental Science Program Director, Center for Environmental Analysis CEO. Institute for Environmental Health Assessment and Patient Centered Outcomes Dr. Kraemer designed and implemented the asthma home assessment and trigger reduction planning process model for the Missouri Asthma prevention and Control Program. This system was Read More
Bernard Eskridge, MD is a board-certified general pediatrician and the Associate Chief Medical Information Officer at MU Health Care (the University of Missouri). He is also the National Environment Education Foundation Region 7 Faculty Asthma Champion and remains interested on the impacts outdoor and indoor environmental exposures have upon pediatric Read More
Rebecca Brown, MPA, RRT, AE-C, is a respiratory therapist and certified asthma educator. A respiratory therapist since 2001, and a certified asthma educator since 2014, she coordinates community-based asthma education delivery with schools and clinics. This coordination involves training, ongoing support, and practice facilitation to school nurses and clinicians to Read More
School/Physician Liaison and Asthma Educator Washington County Memorial Hospital Respiratory Director, Camp Catch-Ya-Breath Christina received her Respiratory Therapy Degree from Sanford Brown College in St. Louis Missouri. She became a Registered Respiratory Therapist in 2009. Christina has demonstrated her talent as a Respiratory Therapist and Asthma Educator in Washington and Read More
