Robert F. Lemanske Jr MD, FAAAAI

Lemanske is a professor of medicine and pediatrics and has a long, distinguished history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing his undergraduate degree at the university and earning his medical degree at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, he completed a residency in the school's Department of Pediatrics and an allergy and immunology fellowship in its Department of Medicine. Following a research fellowship at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, he joined the UW-Madison faculty and rapidly developed a national reputation as a highly productive, innovative physician-researcher.

His primary interests are the origins, triggers and treatment of asthma in infants and children. Lemanske also is a member of the Wisconsin Partnership Program's Oversight and Advisory Committee, which establishes community-academic partnership grants aimed at Wisconsin's critical health issues. He also is serving as the 2015-16 president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.