Wei Zhao, MD, PhD, FAAAAI, FACAAI

Dr. Zhao has been on VCU faculty since 2003. His research interest is in the areas of chronic urticaria, mast cell biology, IgE and non-IgE mediated anaphylaxis, and mechanism of drug and food desensitization. He is on two editorial boards of Journals in the field of Immunology and Pediatrics. He served on as President of Virginia Society of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology (2012-2014). He has been named Top Doc by Richmond Magazine since 2012.

Dr. Zhao's professional memberships include:

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
• American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

2014-2024

• Hsueh J, Van Hersh A, Zhao W. Immunodeficiency: Burden of Illness. Asthma and Allergy Proceedings. 2024. In press.
• Zhao W. Allergy in Perioperative Setting. Allergy Medicine. 2024. doi.org/10.1016/j.allmed.2024.100009.
• Xiang Q, Yan X, Lin X, Zheng H, Wang L, Wan J, Zhao W, Zhang W. Intestinal Microflora Altered by Vancomycin Exposure in Early Life Up-regulates Type 2 Innate Lymphocyte and Aggravates Airway Inflammation in Asthmatic Mice. Inflammation. 2023 Apr;46(2):509-521.
• Zhao W, Hogan MB. Bronchodilator Responsiveness Does Not Help Determine Anti-IL-5 Targeted Biologic Success in Patients With Severe Asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 Dec;10(12):3184-3185.
• Hogan MB, Zhao W. High SABA Using and Poor Asthma Control: Blaming Poor Adherence or Missing the Phenotype? J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 Aug;10(8):2084-2085.
• Chen XF, Wu J, Zhang YD, Zhang CX, Chen XT, Zhao W, Chen TX. Role of SOCS3 in enhanced acute-phase protein genes by neonatal macrophages in response to IL-6. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2021;54:206.
• Dai H, Wang F, Wang L, Wan J, Xiang Q, Zhang H, Zhao W, Zhang W. An epidemiological investigation of food allergy among children aged 3 to 6 in an urban area of Wenzhou, China. BMC Pediatr. 2020:20;220. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02115-8.
• Klaiber N,  McVoy MA, Zhao W. Susceptibility of Enterovirus-D68 to RNAi-mediated antiviral knockdown. Antiviral Res. 2019,  doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2019.104565. PMID: 31336148
• Wu J, Gong RL, Hu QF, Chen XT, Zhao W, Chen TX. .Immunoregulatory effect of human β-defensin 1 on neonatal cord blood monocyte-derived dendritic cells and T cells. Mol Immunol. 2019. .1016/j.molimm.2019.03.007.
• Chen XF, Wu J, Zhang YD, Zhang CX, Chen XT, Zhao W, Chen TX. Role of SOCS3 in enhanced acute-phase protein genes by neonatal macrophages in response to IL-6. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2019  S1684-1182(18)30316-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2019.05.005.
• Rubin BK, Zhao W, Winders TA. What do patients want from their asthma care doctors? Paediatr Respir Rev. 2018;27:86-89.
• Li C, Sheng A, Jia X, Zeng Z, Zhang X, Zhao W, Zhang W. Th17/Treg dysregulation in allergic asthmatic children is associated with elevated notch expression. J Asthma. 2018;55:1-7.
• Chen XF, Wang WF, Zhang YD, Zhao W, Wu J, Chen TX. Clinical characteristics and genetic profiles of 174 patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia: Report from Shanghai, China (2000-2015). Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Aug; 95(32):e4544.
• Zhang W, Zhang X, Sheng A, Weng C, Zhu T, Zhao W, Li C. Gamma-Secretase Inhibitor Alleviates Acute Airway Inflammation of Allergic Asthma in Mice by Downregulating Th17 Cell Differentiation. Mediators Inflamm. 2015; 2015:258168.
• Wang LL, Zhou W, Zhao W, Tian ZQ, Wang WF, Wang XF, Chen TX. Clinical features and genetic analysis of 20 Chinese patients with X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome. J Immunol Res. 2014; 2014:683160.