Food allergy experts to present latest research at national ASCIA Conference

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Thursday, August 29, 2024 - 9:00 AM

Australia’s leading allergy researchers and clinicians will present their findings and drive discussions on drug, food, insect and respiratory allergic disease at the 34^th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) in Adelaide from 3 to 6 September 2024.

The ASCIA 2024 Conference program includes current allergy and clinical immunology issues and research findings, which will be presented by more than 60 speakers, including international guests:

• Prof Matthew Greenhawt, of the Children’s Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Prof Alexandra Santos, Professor of Paediatric Allergy at King’s College London and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Allergy at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital
• Dr Philippe Eigenmann, head of Pediatric Allergy at the University Hospitals of Geneva Switzerland.

A number of Centre for Food Allergy Research (CFAR) Chief Investigators are also presenting and chairing sessions:

Prof Kirsten Perrett

CFAR Director and Chief Investigator (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)

• 9 – 10am, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Global Insights (Chair)
• 11am – 12:30pm, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Australian Insights (Panellist)
  • 11:55am – 12:05pm, Wednesday 4 September: The ADAPT OIT Program: a new national model of care for infants with peanut allergy (Presentation)
• 4:30 – 6pm, Thursday 5 September: Vaccine Allergy Symposium: Adverse events and COVID-19 vaccination: What have we learnt about vaccine allergy and immunology? (Chair)

A/Prof Jennifer Koplin

CFAR Chief Investigator (The University of Queensland)

• 9 – 10am, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Global Insights (Chair)
• 3:30 – 5pm, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Food Allergy in Adolescents and Young Adults – Issues and Solutions (Panellist)
  • 3:45 – 4pm, Wednesday 4 September: Psychosocial aspects (Presentation)

A/Prof Debbie Palmer

CFAR Chief Investigator (Kids Research Institute of Australia)

• 11am – 12:30pm, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Australian Insights (Panellist)
  • 11:15 – 11:35am, Wednesday 4 September: Prebiotics and food allergy prevention: The SYMBA trial (Presentation)
• 1:30 – 3pm, Wednesday 4 September: CFAR Hot Publications (Chair)

Prof Dianne Campbell

CFAR Chief Investigator (Children’s Hospital Westmead)

• 3:30 – 5pm, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Food Allergy in Adolescents and Young Adults – Issues and Solutions (Chair)

Our Associate Investigators presenting and chairing sessions are:

• A/Prof Rachel Peters (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
• Dr Peter Hsu (Children’s Hospital Westmead)
• Dr Jovanka King (Women’s and Children's Hospital)
• Dr Vicki McWilliam (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
• Dr Melanie Neeland (Murdoch Children's Research Institute)
• Dr Merryn Netting (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute)

Finally, congratulations to those who have been selected to present their work at the ASCIA Conference CFAR Hot Publications session chaired by A/Prof Debbie Palmer and Dr Vicki McWilliam from 1.30 - 3.00pm on Wednesday 4 September.

A/Prof Rachel Peters – Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, VIC

• The Prevalence of IgE-Mediated Food Allergy and Other Allergic Diseases in the First 10 Years: The Population-Based, Longitudinal HealthNuts Study

Dr Andrew Fong – Western Sydney University

• A Systematic Review Protocol: Health Economic Evaluations of Immunotherapy and Biologics for Food Allergy Management

Dr Diego Lopez – University of Melbourne

• Air pollution is associated with persistent peanut allergy across the first ten years.

Dr Desalegn Markos Shifti – University of Queensland

• Milk and egg allergy are associated with increased risk of peanut allergy at age 1 in Australia

Ms Emily Jerry - James Cook University, QLD

• Allergen Diversity and Abundance in Different Tissues of the Redclaw Crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus)

Dr Melanie Lloyd - Murdoch Children's Research Institute, VIC

• Cost-effectiveness of oral immunotherapy for egg allergy according to age of therapy commencement

Dr Shaymaviswanathan Karnaneedi – James Cook University

• The Allergen Profile of Two Edible Insect Species-Acheta domesticus and Hermetia illucens.

Ms Kayla Parker - Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

• Longitudinal peanut and Ara h 2 specific-IgE, -IgG4, and -IgG4/-IgE ratios are associated with the natural resolution of peanut allergy in childhood

Dr Paxton Loke – Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

• Two-year post-treatment outcomes following peanut oral immunotherapy in the Probiotic and Peanut Oral Immunotherapy-003 Long-Term (PPOIT-003LT) study

Dr Tim Brettig – Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

• A clinical guideline incorporating Ara h 2 sIgE with SPT in a diagnostic algorithm reduces number of OFCs and cost of peanut allergy diagnosis in a clinical setting: a cost comparison analysis.

Dr Catherine Lai - The University of Sydney

For all the details, please download the ASCIA 2024 Conference Program Book.