Two AllerGen investigators were honoured at the Awards Dinner of the 2016 Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI) Annual Scientific Meeting held September 29 – October 2, 2016, in Montreal, QC. Dr. Bruce Mazer (McGill University) received the …
AllerGen Research Leader Dr. Jeffrey Brook is Scientific Director and Nominated-Principal Investigator on a new five-year, $4.16 million Operating Grant from the CIHR’s Environments and Health Signature Initiative. The project, CANadian Urban Environmental (CANUE) Health Research Consortium, aims to advance …
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AllerGen investigator Dr. Bruce Mazer has been designated Interim Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC). His appointment will be effective from October 1, 2016, until a new Executive …
Dr. Judah Denburg, Scientific Director and CEO of AllerGen, was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) at the CAHS Annual General Meeting in Montreal on September 15, 2016. Election to fellowship in the CAHS …
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New research by AllerGen investigators at The University of British Columbia (UBC) has found that a group of immune cells known as Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3) could be the key to the development of fibrosis in a mouse …
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Health outcomes researcher and AllerGen research collaborator Dr. Mohsen Sadatsafavi has been awarded a New Investigator Salary Award, valued at $300,000 over five years (2016-2021), by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The award will support Dr. Sadatsafavi’s work …
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Dr. Malcolm Sears, an internationally renowned respirologist and epidemiologist, has been named joint winner of the prestigious 2016 J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine. The Robarts Research Institute of Western University in London, ON, awards the prize annually to …
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Children who suck their thumbs or bite their nails may have a lower risk of developing allergies, according to new findings published in the journal Pediatrics. “While we don’t recommend that these habits be encouraged, there does appear to be …
Does bullying play a role in a child’s decision whether or not to wear medical identification jewelry for a food allergy? New Canadian research suggests that it does. A study of 110 children and teens with food allergy found that …
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Dr. Kelly McNagny, Professor of Medical Genetics and Co-Director of the Biomedical Research Centre at The University of British Columbia, has been named Associate Scientific Director of AllerGen, effective June 1, 2016, succeeding the inaugural incumbent, Dr. Dean Befus, Professor …
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A new study from AllerGen’s Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study is the first to show an association between early gut immune development and colonization with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile)—a bacteria known to be a risk factor for future …
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Dr. Parameswaran Nair has been named the inaugural recipient of the Frederick E. Hargreave Teva Innovation Chair in Airway Diseases at McMaster University. Dr. Nair is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Respirology at McMaster University, a clinician-researcher at …