Food allergy experts attend AAAAI/WAO Joint Congress supported by CFAR Travel Grants

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Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 9:00 AM

Image: Dr Maheshwar Bhasin, Sophie Rosser, Chia-Lun (Natalie) Chang, Professor Michaela Lucas, Professor Dianne Campbell, Dr Preeti Joshi, Dr Lara Ford, Professor Connie Katelaris, Professor Gideon Lack and Dr Thimo Ruethers.

Emerging food allergy researchers from the Centre for Food Allergy Research (CFAR) and National Allergy Centre of Excellence (NACE) are among the presenters at this week's AAAAI/WAO Joint Congress in San Diego, CA, USA. The experts are recipients of CFAR3 Travel Grants.

The focus of this year’s Congress is climate change and allergic diseases: global impact on health.

Professor Kirsten Perrett, Director of CFAR and the NACE, said the Congress was an opportunity for Australian allergy researchers to share their work with international colleagues and hear about the latest global trends in allergy prevention and treatment strategies.

“In Australia, 20 per cent of the population live with allergic disease, including 10 per cent of infants diagnosed with clinically confirmed food allergy,” said Prof Perrett, who will be attending.

“Australia is leading the way in many aspects of allergy research, including the recent discovery of a link between air pollution and childhood peanut allergy. We look forward to sharing our knowledge and discoveries at the world’s largest allergy conference.”

SUPPORTED BY CFAR3 TRAVEL GRANTS

Natalie Chang, CFAR3 PhD Scholar, The University of Melbourne. Hot Topics in Allergic Skin Disease (oral abstract session). Early Life Protein-Bound Skin Ceramides May Predict the Development of Atopic Dermatitis (Presentation)

Dr Thimo Ruethers, CFAR2 PhD Scholar, James Cook University, Clinical Management of Food Allergy (Poster). Diminishing Allergy Risks Through Cell-Cultivation of Fish (Presentation)

Sophie Rosser, NACE PhD Scholar (food stream), Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of oral immunotherapy on food allergy-related quality of life (Late-breaking poster)

Maheshwar Bhasin, PhD Candidate, The University of Western Australia, Updates on the Clinical Presentation and Management of Food Allergy (Oral abstract session). Non-Exclusive Colostrum Feeding Is Associated With An Increased Risk Of Food Allergy In One-Year-Old-Children (Presentation)

CFAR, which helps make up the NACE Food Allergy Stream, is a World Allergy Organization Centre of Excellence.

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