In December 2023, Jonathan Feldman, PhD was awarded an R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute along with colleagues Alex Federman, MD, and Juan Wisnivesky, MD, of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. This multi-site study is entitled, “A randomized trial of perception of airflow limitation training to improve outcomes for older adults with asthma” (12/22/2023 – 11/30/2028, total costs: $3,760,845).

The major goal of this project is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of a behavioral intervention that trains older patients with asthma to better perceive airway obstruction and provides motivational interviewing to improve asthma self-care and examine mediation pathways. Research suggests that perception of expiratory airflow limitation may be a major determinant of asthma outcomes in older adults, and that older adults are substantially less aware of airway obstruction than younger adults.