Former AllerGen trainee chosen for international research on anaphylaxis

Dr. Jennifer Protudjer, a past President of the AllerGen Students and New Professionals Network (ASNPN), has been named one of three post-doctoral fellows to investigate anaphylaxis and the risk factors associated with severe allergic reactions at the Centre for Allergy Research (CfA) at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

 

The Karolinska Institute is an AllerGen partner and one of the world’s leading medical universities. The new research initiative—funded through a donation from Karin and Sten Mörtstedt CBD Solutions AB—will study the factors that precipitate anaphylactic reactions with the goal of improving diagnosis and developing new treatments. Dr. Protudjer’s research will examine the prognosis of food allergy from childhood through adolescence.

 

Dr. Protudjer originally developed her relationships at the Karolinska Institute during a six-week trainee exchange made possible through AllerGen’s International Partnership Initiative (IPI) funding, which aims to produce globally-engaged scientists in the fields of allergy and asthma.