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Dr. A. Wesley Burks is professor and chief of the division of pediatric allergy and immunology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.

Dr. Burks graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway and then the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. He completed a pediatric residency at the Arkansas Children's Hospital. Dr. Burks subsequently completed a fellowship in allergy and immunology medicine at Duke University Medical Center.

Dr. Burks' research interests are in the area of nutrition and immunology, primarily related to adverse reactions to foods. His work has centered on a better understanding of the mechanism of adverse food reactions, improved diagnostic methods for food allergy and the development of treatment for food allergy in animal models and in clinical studies. He and his colleagues have several ongoing clinical studies with different types of mucosal immunotherapy. Dr. Burks and other collaborators are studying recombinant food proteins in immunotherapy studies. His laboratory funding comes from many sources, including the National Institutes of Health and private foundations.

Dr. Burks has been published in many distinguished journals and has authored or coauthored numerous articles, chapters and abstracts. In addition, he serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. He currently is on the Board of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.