New AllerGen research that aims to understand the effects of traffic pollution on the lungs has shown that two hours of exposure to diesel exhaust causes an enhanced allergic response in sensitized individuals, particularly in those who are genetically susceptible. …
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A new study by AllerGen investigators compared the views of parents of young children with asthma and adolescents with asthma on factors they perceived to be important in asthma control. The AllerGen-funded study, published in the November 2015 issue of …
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AllerGen investigator Dr. Richard Hegele has been appointed Vice-Dean, Research and Innovation, in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, for a five-year term beginning January 1, 2016. In his new role, Dr. Hegele will be responsible for oversight of the …
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Maclean’s magazine featured the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study and recent scientific discoveries generated from CHILD Study data in its November 16, 2015, issue. The feature article “Gut feelings: A baby’s gut bacteria shape her health, and may …
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In celebration of his scholarship and creativity in the respiratory sciences, AllerGen investigator Dr. Peter David Paré will be presented the 2016 CIHR-ICRH-CTS Distinguished Lecturer in Respiratory Sciences award at the Canadian Respiratory Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April …
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Dr. Meghan Azad, a former AllerGen trainee turned Network investigator, is working to understand the early-life origins of health and disease. Using data collected from AllerGen’s CHILD Study, Dr. Azad’s research focuses in on how breastfeeding and breast milk composition …
New research using data from participants in the CHILD Study explores the impact on the infant gut microbiota of the use of maternal antibiotics during childbirth, and examines whether or not breastfeeding modifies these effects during the infant’s first year of …
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AllerGen Scientific Director Dr. Judah Denburg and research leader Dr. Susan Elliott were among the presenters featured at the 6th Annual Meeting of (AQIA), held 30 September 2015 in Quebec City. The theme of the meeting was “Food Allergen Management: …
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A new study, 30 September 2015 in Science Translational Medicine, found that infants at high risk of developing asthma had low levels of four specific gut bacteria in the first three months of life. It is the first research to …
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AllerGen Research Leader Dr. Paul O’Byrne has been elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), one of the highest honours for Canadians in the health sciences community. “This is an important recognition of Dr. O’Byrne’s academic …
A new publication by AllerGen investigators reports the experiences of stigma among food allergic children in Ontario schools in the context of Sabrina’s Law. The study, “Disclosing food allergy status in schools: health-related stigma among school children in Ontario,” published …
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AllerGen research leader Dr. Paul O’Byrne has been appointed to the newly created Pulmonary Medical Advisory Board of Hydra Biosciences, a Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company that develops drugs to treat pain, inflammation, renal disease, anxiety and pulmonary disease. Dr. O’Byrne, a …
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