Tara F. Carr, MD

As co-principal investigator for the NIAID-sponsored Binational Early Asthma and Microbiome Study, Dr. Carr leads the scientific effort to collect, transport, store and study human and environmental samples from Nogales, Mexico, and Tucson. Her major focus in this study includes describing the immunology of pregnant women and the immunological development of their babies, with a goal of understanding which maternal and environmental factors influence allergic (asthma-prone) and non-allergic immune development.

Dr. Tara Carr joined the faculty of the University of Arizona in 2011, and has since established and leads the Adult Allergy & Immunology Clinic at the Banner – University Medicine North Campus in Tucson. She started the first ACGME-accredited allergy/immunology fellowship program in the state of Arizona, for which she serves as program director, and is passionate about teaching pediatricians and internists the nuance of this specialized field. Dr. Carr also is currently chair of the University of Arizona Academy of Medical Education Scholars (AMES) Chapter, past president of the Tucson Asthma Society and past secretary-treasurer of the Arizona Allergy & Asthma Society.