Physicians > Dr. Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD., FACP, CCI
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Dr. Jonathan A. Bernstein is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology/Allergy Section at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Director of the Veterans’ Administration Hospital Allergy Clinic and Allergy Laboratory and Director of Clinical Research for the Division of Immunology.

Dr. Bernstein is actively involved in clinical and translational research, in addition to pharmaceutical research, patient care and teaching. His current research involves the investigation of indoor environmental determinants in the workplace and home that cause or aggravate asthma and rhinitis and investigation of genetic markers that could identify susceptible populations to these exposures. His publications (see curriculum vitae) reflect his interest in this area. Dr. Bernstein has extensive experience conducting clinical therapeutic trials and is a DIA certified investigator. He has considerable experience conducting cross-sectional and longitudinal occupational and non-occupational investigations related to asthma and rhinitis. Dr. Bernstein is an authority on seminal plasma hypersensitivity reactions, an under-recognized problem in women. Other research topics of interest include non-allergic vasomotor rhinitis, olfactory receptor polymorphisms, environmental control of indoor allergens, mold assessment and remediation, genetically modified foods and novel therapies for allergies, asthma and other allergic diseases.

Dr. Bernstein is actively involved in the University of Cincinnati Allergy Fellowship Training Program and in the education of residents and medical students.

He serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Environmental and Occupational Respiratory Disease Interest section for the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology. He is an Associate editor of the Journal of Asthma and on the reviewer board of the JACI. He reviews manuscripts on a regular basis for the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Journal of Asthma and Chest.

Dr. Bernstein has published over 90 peer reviewed articles, clinical reviews and chapters on a variety of allergic disease topics.