The Stanford Alliance for Food Allergy Research (SAFAR)/AllerGen Research Fellowship will co-fund a $50,000 award for a Canadian investigator (PhD or MD) with an interest in the prevention and treatment of severe food allergies to pursue academic research training with …
Call for Applications for AllerGen-Stanford Fellowship in food allergy extended Read more »
Dr. Paul Keith, an AllerGen investigator and president of the CSACI (Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology), recently discussed anaphylaxis and the role of banning foods in schools with SquareOff, a Hamilton-based daily news show. “What you have to …
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AllerGen’s Allergy and Asthma Portal (AAP)—a unique, web-accessible database that houses over 900 biomolecular interactions relevant to allergy and asthma—is now open to the public. The AAP is the first resource of its kind and is available for use by allergy and …
AllerGen investigator Anita Kozyrskyj is a contributor to “Microbirth”—a new documentary that examines how modern birth practices may be interfering with the “seeding” of a baby’s microbiome. The documentary interviews prominent scientists from the UK and North America about the …
Microbiome researcher consults on “Microbirth” documentary Read more »
Anaphylaxis Canada has launched a new online course to help teachers, administrators and educational staff to keep allergic students safe at school. Anaphylaxis in Schools: What Educators Need to Know is a free, bilingual resource available to schools across the …
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AllerGen researchers have found that Canadians with lower education and new Canadians (individuals who immigrated to Canada within the last 10 years) have fewer food allergies than the general population. The researchers collected data from 5,734 households, representing over 15,000 …
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A pilot project, led by the City of Hamilton and involving McMaster University and AllerGen partner Anaphylaxis Canada, is being launched today (September 8, 2014) in Hamilton. The project will analyze the effects of stocking epinephrine auto-injectors at Jackson Square …
PRESIDENT Lianne Soller – McGill University Lianne is a Ph.D. candidate in Epidemiology at McGill University under the supervision of Dr. Ann Clarke. Her research, for which she has been awarded an FRQS Doctoral Award, focuses on the prevalence and …
In a new study published August 13, 2014, by The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, AllerGen trainee Ryan Persaud and a team of AllerGen researchers found that Canadian newborns are routinely exposed to antibiotics immediately before or after birth. …
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Allergy researchers at The University of British Columbia (UBC) have found that antibiotic use in early life alters gut bacteria and enhances future susceptibility to inflammatory lung disease. The study, led by AllerGen investigator Dr. Kelly McNagny, a professor in …
A new study by AllerGen researchers has shown that children treated with antibiotics in the first year of life are more than twice as likely to be overweight later in childhood compared to children who were unexposed. The study, published …
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Read Dr. Meghan Azad’s informal report on her participation in the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany, available here. Dr. Azad thanks the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for nominating her for inclusion in the event and …
AllerGen trainee reports back from meeting with Nobel Laureates Read more »