John W. Steinke, PhD Allergy  John W. Steinke, PhD Allergy  John
W. Steinke, PhD  I have been at UVA for 13.5 yrs, following
stops in Columbia, Mo, College Station, TX, and Denver , CO. I
went straight from undergraduate to graduate school without
taking time off for play. I have worked my way up to Associate
Professor and have held many positions in our national allergy
organization. I live in the Charlottesville suburbs with my wife
and two sons.  Why Research?  Ever since I was a kid, I was
always building, collecting and learning about the world around
me, so the choice of research was just natural. I struggled with
the idea of a PhD or MD and ultimately choose the PhD. I wanted
to do things that would be translated back to human health and
not just a textbook, so after my PhD studies I have worked in
cancer research, and now asthma and sinus disease.  with sons
with sons  What brought you to Charlottesville?  A colleague
from Denver told me it was just like Boulder: a small college in
the foothills of t