Erick Forno, MD, MPH

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
  • Director, Pediatric Asthma Center
  • Co-Director, Severe Asthma Clinic, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Erick Forno, MD, MPH, is a pediatric pulmonologist at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and an associate professor of pediatrics and clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Forno’s overarching research interests are the epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, and genomics of asthma. He is particularly focused on the effects of obesity and adiposity on childhood asthma. He is co-director of the Severe Asthma Program, together with Allyson Larkin from the Division of Allergy and Immunology. He also leads the Children's Hospital Asthma Registry.