Rachel Miller

Rachel Miller, MD, is a faculty member at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, specializing in Allergy and Immunology. She is based at the Icahn (East) Building in New York, NY, and is actively engaged in clinical care and research. Her work is primarily affiliated with the Mount Sinai Health System and the NIH-funded ECHO program through the CREW consortium.

Her research focuses on understanding the environmental and epigenetic factors contributing to childhood asthma and other complex diseases. Key areas include:

• Defining asthma phenotypes and endotypes through large-scale cohort studies
• Investigating the role of prenatal and postnatal environmental exposures (e.g., air pollution, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) in asthma, obesity, neurocognitive dysfunction, and breast cancer risk
• Developing mitochondrial DNA biomarkers as dynamic indicators of oxidative stress and inflammation in pediatric urban asthma

Although no specific publications are listed, her research trajectory emphasizes translational and mechanistic studies linking environmental exposures to biological responses, with implications for personalized interventions and environmental remediation strategies.

Her scientific contributions have been recognized through multiple awards and prestigious lectureships:

• 2021 I. Leonard Bernstein, MD FAAAAI Memorial Lectureship
• 2018 AAAAI Foundation and Sheldon L. Spector, MD FAAAAI Memorial Lectureship
• 2017 Thomas A. Neff Lecturer, Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference
• 2015 Samberg Scholar in Children’s Health
• 1999 Florence and Herbert Irving Clinical Research Career Award
• 1990 Eve Flechner Award in Internal Medicine

Dr. Miller has trained extensively at Columbia University, completing her residency and fellowships in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Allergy & Immunology. She is board-certified by the American Board of Allergy & Immunology. She is involved in mentoring and faculty development initiatives at Mount Sinai, contributing to the training of future physician-scientists. Her research is conducted within collaborative frameworks such as the Children's Respiratory Research Workgroup (CREW) consortium, which integrates data from over 12 asthma birth cohorts across the U.S. to advance understanding of environmental influences on child health.