The Asthma Society of Canada releases a study of the personal, social, medical and economic burden of Severe Asthma in Canada. Read Severe Asthma: The Canadian Patient Journey Full report / Executive Summary
Anaphylaxis Canada has launched Allergy Pals, an online mentorship program designed to provide peer support and mentoring to children (ages 7-11) affected by severe food allergies. Allergy Pals offers eight online support sessions led by older peer mentors with food …
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May 6 is World Asthma Day and an important time to help increase awareness of the significant health and economic burden related to poor asthma control. This year’s theme, “You Can Control Your Asthma,” addresses the fact that despite the …
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AllerGen investigator Dr. Louis-Philippe Boulet was presented the 2014 CIHR-ICRH-CTS Distinguished Lecturer in Respiratory Sciences award during the 7th annual Canadian Respiratory Conference (CRC) held in Calgary, Alberta, from April 24-26, 2014. As part of the honour, Dr. Boulet delivered a keynote lecture at …
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Join AllerGen and a panel of Montreal’s leading asthma experts in an engaging public forum about asthma: what provokes it, what exacerbates it, and what can be done to control or prevent it. The free French-language event will be held …
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Professor Timothy Caulfield, an AllerGen investigator and a University of Alberta professor of health law and science policy, recently wrote that the inclusion of an advocate of homeopathic medicine on an expert health panel for CBC’s “The National” does not …
April 7, 2014, marks the first day of World Allergy Week, organized by the World Allergy Organization (WAO). This year’s theme,Anaphylaxis – When Allergies Can Be Severe and Fatal, addresses the growing problem of anaphylaxis—a potentially life-threatening allergic condition that involves …
University of Toronto (U of T) PhD student Natalia Mykhaylova has received the Professor Douglas Reeve Leaders of Tomorrow Award. This award recognizes graduate students in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry who have shown the potential to …
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AllerGen researchers at the University of Manitoba have once again been featured in local news coverage about the CHILD Study. The March 27, 2014 episode of “Small Wonders” on CTV Winnipeg featured researchers, Dr. Allan Becker and Dr. Meghan Azad, Study participants, …
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Anaphylaxis Canada will host its 7th Annual Community Conference, Managing food allergies: Working together for a safer future, on Saturday, May 10, 2014, at the Delta Hotel in Markham, Ontario. This interactive, informative event will feature: Workshops, panel discussions and presentations by …
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AllerGen researchers at the University of Manitoba have been featured in local news coverage about the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study. AllerGen’s CHILD Study is following 3,500 Canadian children from pre-birth to age five, in order to examine how …
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AllerGen trainee and gut microbiome researcher Dr. Meghan Azad has been selected to attend a prestigious week-long meeting that unites more than 30 Nobel Prize winners with 600 of the world’s brightest young scientists. Dr. Meghan Azad The 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate …
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