In designing the study questions, the EPC consulted a panel of Key Informants who represent subject experts and end-users of research. Key Informant input can inform key issues related to the topic of the Technical Brief. Key Informants are not involved in the analysis of the evidence or the writing of the report. Therefore, in the end, study questions, design, methodological approaches and/or conclusions do not necessarily represent the views of individual Key Informants.

Key Informants must disclose any financial conflicts of interest greater than $5,000 and any other relevant business or professional conflicts of interest. Because of their role as end-users, individuals with potential conflicts may be retained. The TOO and the EPC work to balance, manage, or mitigate any conflicts of interest.

The list of Key Informants who provided input to this report follows:

• Michelle Eakin, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
  Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Baltimore, MD
• Daphne Koinis-Mitchell, Ph.D.
  Director, Community Asthma Program
  Hasbro Hospital
  Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
  Brown University
  Providence, RI
• Donna Mazyck, M.S., R.N.^*
  Executive Director
  National Association of School Nurses
  Silver Spring, MD
• Vernessa Perry, M.S.P.H., P.M.P.
  Program Director, Health and Wellness
  National Environmental Education Foundation
  Washington, DC
• Stanley J. Szefler, M.D.^*
  Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
  Director, Pediatric Asthma research Program, The Breathing Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado
  Anschutz Medical Campus
  Aurora, CO
• Deidre Washington, Ph.D.
  Project Director
  Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  Arlington, VA
• Tonya Winders, M.B.A.^*
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Allergy and Asthma Network
  Vienna, VA

Footnotes

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Provided input on draft report