Neeta is a physician specializing in pulmonary diseases who is interested in studying social and environmental determinants of asthma. Her research focus is understanding how individuals internalize chronic stress and how social and environmental stress modify the course of asthma. Neeta received her MD and Masters in Public Health from the University of Arizona and completed her Internal Medicine residency at UCSF, where she is currently a Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellow.

Dr. Neeta Thakur is a key member of the Genetics of Asthma and Obesity in Latino youth project.

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