AllerGen Investigators

Search the AllerGen Investigators Database to learn about the AllerGen Investigators who are participating in, or have participated in, AllerGen-funded project(s). You can also meet some of these researchers on AllenGen’s YouTube channel.

The researchers listed here have formal status as AllerGen-affiliated Investigators.

For AllerGen project collaborators, see the AllerGen Collaborators Database.

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Abugharbieh, Rafeed

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University of British Columbia Electrical and Computer Engineering

Development of a Microarray Genotyping Chip for Clinical Trials ——- Mini-CHILD: AllerChip – Development, Validation and Implementation of a Microarray Genotyping Tool for Allergy and Asthma Research

Adamko, Darryl

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University of Alberta; University of Saskatchewan Pediatrics; Pulmonary Medicine

Urine NMR-based Metabolomics for Asthma Diagnosis ——- Urine NMR-Metabolomics for Asthma Diagnosis: Respirlyte ——- Commercialization of a Metabolomic-Based Diagnostic for Asthma ——- Functional genomic and proteomic changes in response to nasal allergen challenge and following peptide immunotherapy treatment of the same: A partnership with the Allergic-Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC) and industry ——- Metabolomics ——- Mini-CHILD: Development of objective measurement of airway inflammation and lung function in infants ——- Non-invasive diagnosis: Metabolics for the various phenotypes of asthma (formerly: Diagnosing the Various Phenotypes of Asthma: The Use of Urine NMR) ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Asthma (AA) ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Rhinitis (AR) ——- Identifying Childhood Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) phenotypes using Urine Metabolomics

Agnes, George

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Simon Fraser University Chemistry

Development of a Human Phthalate Inhalation Exposure Model ——- Environmental impact, inflammation and the role of IL-13 receptor a2

Allen, Ryan

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Simon Fraser University Environmental Health

Mini-CHILD Environment – Assessment of Land Use Regression ——- An Assessment of Long-Term Indoor Residential Pollution Exposures among Canadian Children ——- Better Exposure Avoidance Measures (BEAM) and New Environmental Sensor Tool Development ——- Development of a Human Phthalate Inhalation Exposure Model ——- Improved Tools for Assessing Long-Term Indoor and Outdoor Exposures in Epidemiologic Studies of Allergy and Asthma & Repeat Home Visits and Alternative Sampling Techniques in the Mini-CHILD Study (Mini-CHILD II) ——- Mini-CHILD: Assessment of the home environment

Anand, Sonia

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McMaster University Population Health and Epidemiology, Vascular Medicine

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study ——- Understanding the Impact of Maternal and Infant Nutrition on Infant/Child Health ——- Early Life Determinants of Asthma

Arck, Petra

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McMaster University Clinical Immunology & Allergy; Neuroimmunology

Developmental plasticity and fetal programming of asthma in mice ——- Perinatal stress and programming of allergic responses

Asai, Yuka

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Queen's University Dermatology

12CanFAST2 – Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy

Austin, Jehannine

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University of British Columbia Psychiatry

Postpartum Distress and Childhood Asthma: The Genetics, and the Social and Ethical Impacts of this Genetic Association

Azad, Meghan

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University of Manitoba Pediatrics & Child Health and Community Health Sciences

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study ——- SyMBIOTA ——- Knowledge Mobilization for the CHILD Study ——- Better Exposure Avoidance Measures (BEAM) —- Let Them Eat Dirt: The Hunt for Our Kids’ Missing Microbes

Bai, Tony

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University of British Columbia Respiratory Medicine

Environmental impact on the epithelial immune barrier in asthma

Becker, Allan

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University of Manitoba Pediatrics & Child Health

Enhancing RAP for First Nations Communities ——- A Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis Registry (C-CARE) ——- Allergy-Brain Connection (ABC) Research Team ——- Building continuity of support for allergic children with asthma and/or anaphylaxis and their families ——- Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy ——- Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— CHILD Coordinator 3-year Clinic Training Session Workshop in Manitoba ——- CHILD Executive Meeting Workshop in Toronto ——-Knowledge Mobilization for the CHILD Study —— Clustering approaches to unravel complex asthma phenotypes ——- Development of an Evidence-based Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- Engaging Aboriginal families affected by allergies and asthma in support-education program development ——- Functional genetics in allergy ——- Gender-related biologic and sociologic impact of obesity ——- Genome wide association study of allergy and asthma in the Canadian Asthma Primary Prevention Study (CAPPS) and the Study of Allergy Genes and Environment (SAGE) ——- Genome-wide Association Results ——- Health and India-Canada Workshop for Development of Mobile e-Health Technologies ——- Maternal distress and the development of atopic disease in children: Potential pathways and interventions ——- Maternal Stress and Childhood Asthma ——- Metabolomics ——- Mini-CHILD: Environment ——- Development of a National Food Allergy Strategy for Canada: Step 1 ——- Project 500 —— Development of a Mobile Application for Food Allergic Children & Teens

Befus, Dean

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University of Alberta Pulmonary Medicine

Neuroendocrine Regulation of Allergic Inflammation: Translational Studies ——- Biomarkers of a Sympathetic Anti-inflammatory Pathway, Neuro-regulation of Sympathetic Anti-inflammatory Activity ——- Building a collaborative working group to inform the development of a National Lung Health Framework (NLHF) Phase II ——- CHILD Executive Meeting Workshop in Toronto ——- Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC) ——- Enhancing RAP for First Nations Communities ——- Getting Asthma on to the School Agenda: A KT strategy ——- KT feasibility study ——- Mini-CHILD: Development of objective measurement of airway inflammation and lung function in infants ——- Neuroimmune interactions: a partnership in drug development and translational research ——- Preventing Severe reactions – Preclinical Studies ——- Shared Decision in Asthma Management: A Strategy to Improve Asthma Control ——- Technology-enabled Knowledge Translation and Mobilization ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study ——- The distribution and function of FceR1 on nerves ——- The Roaring Adventures of Puff: A school-based asthma education program ——— International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease IPI: El Salvador —— Studies of CABS1 as a Biomarker and Potential Therapeutic Agent for Stress —— Project 500 —— Improved diagnosis of asthma: metabolomics

Bégin, Philippe

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Université de Montréal Allergy and Clinical Immunology

A Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis Registry (C-CARE) —— Improving Oral Food Challenge (OFC) Implementation in Canada

Beischlag, Tim

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Simon Fraser University Faculty of Health Sciences

An Assessment of Long-Term Indoor Residential Pollution Exposures among Canadian Children ——- Improved Tools for Assessing Long-Term Indoor and Outdoor Exposures in Epidemiologic Studies of Allergy and Asthma & Repeat Home Visits and Alternative Sampling Techniques in the Mini-CHILD Study (Mini-CHILD II)

Beischlag, Timothy

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Simon Fraser University Pharmacology

Ben-Shoshan, Moshe

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McGill University Clinical Epidemiology; Allergy & Clinical Immunology

A Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis Registry (C-CARE) ——- Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy ——- Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis REgistry (C-CARE) ——- Disease Modulation Clinical Tolerance Study ——- Surveying the Prevalence of food Allergy in All Canadian Environments -Trends Over Time (SPAACE to SPAACE) ——- Development of a National Food Allergy Strategy for Canada: Step 1 —— The Economic Impact of Food Allergy in Canada —— Food Allergy Management at University from the Perspective of Students and Food Service Management

Beyene, Joseph

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McMaster University Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics/Population Health Sciences

Antenatal steroid therapy for fetal lung maturation: Is there an association with childhood asthma

Bhutani, Mohit

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University of Alberta Critical Care Medicine; Respirology

Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC) ——- Shared Decision in Asthma Management: A Strategy to Improve Asthma Control

Bienenstock, John

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McMaster University Pathology and Molecular Medicine

Effects of probiotics on murine model of asthma ——- Canadian Group of Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Canadian Group on Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Perinatal stress and programming of allergic responses ——- Strategies for enhancing tolerance induction: Preclinical studies and CHILD linked project development ——- Stress allostatic load and risk of allergies and asthma in children of immigrants ——- The distribution and function of FceR1 on nerves

Blais, Lucie

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Université de Montréal Pharmaceutical Sciences

Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting ——- Work-Related Asthma and Allergy: Prevention and Early Detection (WRAAPED) research program

Blanchet, Marie-Renee

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Université Laval - IUCPQ Reagents for Hyp. Pneum.

CD34 as a therapeutic target for allergic inflammation and asthma

Blinkie, Darren

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Bosse, Yohan

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Université Laval Endocrinology & Genomics, Molecular Medicine

Functional TSLP genomics in vitro and ex vivo: human epithelial cell production of TSLP in relation to asthma development

Boulet, Louis-Philippe

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Université Laval Pneumology

The link between upper and lower airway inflammation ——- Allergic Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC): Development of a standardized nasal allergen challenge model for a multi-center research collaborative to investigate novel therapeutic agents for allergic rhinitis ——- Biomarkers of a Sympathetic Anti-inflammatory Pathway, Neuro-regulation of Sympathetic Anti-inflammatory Activity ——- Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC) ——- Development of an Adaptive Immune Phenotyping Monitoring Platform ——- Development of an Evidence-based Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- Genetics of the early and late responses to AllerGen challenge ——- Mobilizing best practices in Asthma and Allergy management and use of the Air Quality Health Index in the Canadian sport and recreation community ——- Role of fibrocytes as biomarkers of airway remodelling in asthma: A proof of concept ——- Shared Decision in Asthma Management: A Strategy to Improve Asthma Control ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Asthma (AA) ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Rhinitis (AR) ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Severe Asthma —— Development of an Educational Program on Asthma and Associated Respiratory Disorders Adapted for High-Level Athletes —— Nebulizer assessment for sputum induction —— Markers of Inflammation – Development and Optimization of Assays —— CIC Mediator Library —— Methacholine challenge: comparison of airway responsiveness between vibrating mesh and jet nebulizer aerosol generation —— Knowledge Mobilization for the CIC —— Mannitol-Induced Cough Challenge in Healthy Controls and Subjects with Mild Allergic Asthma —— Inhaled allergen challenge methodology: assessment of a vibrating mesh nebulizer for allergen administration

Brauer, Michael

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University of British Columbia Environmental Health; Atmospheric Science

Traffic-related air pollution as a risk factor for the development of childhood asthma ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study
—— Mini-CHILD Environment – Assessment of Land Use Regression ——- Strengthening the Case for Ongoing Reduction of Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution (SCORE-TRAP) ——- An Assessment of Long-Term Indoor Residential Pollution Exposures among Canadian Children ——- Better Exposure Avoidance Measures (BEAM) and New Environmental Sensor Tool Development ——- Improved Tools for Assessing Long-Term Indoor and Outdoor Exposures in Epidemiologic Studies of Allergy and Asthma & Repeat Home Visits and Alternative Sampling Techniques in the Mini-CHILD Study (Mini-CHILD II) ——- Mini-CHILD: Assessment of the home environment —– Project 500 —— Rapid Environmental Effects on Genes: The Lens of Epigenetics (REEGLE)

Brinkman, Fiona

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Simon Fraser University Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

A network biology approach to allergy requires annotated database of molecular interaction ——- Molecular interactions and ontologies for allergy and asthma —— Assessment of AllerGen data and initiation of select data integration —— Initiating Database Research and Development for AllerGen Data Integration —— Stem Cell Team for Emerging BioMarkers

Brook, Jeff

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Environment Canada/University of Toronto Air Quality Research/Occupational & Environmental Health

An Integrative Multidimensional Genomic and Epigenomic Approach for the Study of Short-Term Diesel Exhaust on Asthmatics ——- Allergic asthma: Air pollution and allergen interactions ——- An Assessment of Long-Term Indoor Residential Pollution Exposures among Canadian Children ——- Better Exposure Avoidance Measures (BEAM) and New Environmental Sensor Tool Development ——- Cardiopulmonary consequences of air pollution in a murine model of allergic asthma ——- CHILD Executive Meeting Workshop in Toronto ——- Environmental Affects on Allergic Airway Disease ——- Improved Tools for Assessing Long-Term Indoor and Outdoor Exposures in Epidemiologic Studies of Allergy and Asthma & Repeat Home Visits and Alternative Sampling Techniques in the Mini-CHILD Study (Mini-CHILD II) ——- Mini-CHILD: Environmental assessment of molecular genetic characterization of microbes in outdoor and indoor air and dust ——- Mobilizing best practices in Asthma and Allergy management and use of the Air Quality Health Index in the Canadian sport and recreation community ——- Rapid Environmental Effects on Genes: The Lens of Epigenetics (REEGLE) ——- Strengthening the Case for Ongoing Reduction of Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution (SCORE-TRAP) ——- Technology-enabled Knowledge Translation and Mobilization ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study ——- Traffic-related air pollution as a risk factor for the development of childhood asthma ——- Chemical Management Program (CMP) Investment in Analayis of CHILD Urine Samples for Metabolites of Phthalates —— Project 500

Brownell, Marni

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University of Manitoba Health Policy, Community Health Sciences

Allergy-Brain Connection (ABC) Research Team ——- Maternal distress and the development of atopic disease in children: Potential pathways and interventions

Brudno, Michael

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University of Toronto Computer Science; Computational Medicine

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Burstyn, Igor

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University of Alberta / Drexel University Occupational Hygiene, Epidemiology

Pan Canadian study of gene-environment interactions in the etiology of occupational asthma ——- Surveillance of occupational asthma

Cameron, Lisa

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University of Alberta Pulmonary Medicine

Functional genetics in allergy

Carlsten, Chris

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University of British Columbia Respirology; Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease

An Integrative Multidimensional Genomic and Epigenomic Approach for the Study of Short-Term Diesel Exhaust on Asthmatics ——- Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC) ——- Development of a Human Phthalate Inhalation Exposure Model ——- Genetics of the early and late responses to AllerGen challenge ——- Genome wide association study of allergy and asthma in the Canadian Asthma Primary Prevention Study (CAPPS) and the Study of Allergy Genes and Environment (SAGE) ——- Mini-CHILD: Environment —— Strengthening the Case for Ongoing Reduction of Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution (SCORE-TRAP) —— Rapid Environmental Effects on Genes: The Lens of Epigenetics (REEGLE)

Carr, Stuart

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University of Alberta

Development of an Evidence-based Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- Disease Modulation Clinical Tolerance Study ——- Technology-enabled Knowledge Translation and Mobilization —— Legal Rights and Allergy Policy

Caulfield, Timothy

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University of Alberta Law

Evidence, ethics and health policy research ——- Moving forward with birth cohort research in Canada: The legal and ethical foundations for the CHILD study ——- Technology-enabled Knowledge Translation and Mobilization ——- Using and abusing evidence in science and health policy ——- White Paper Series —— Legal Rights and Allergy Policy

Chad, Zave

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Canadian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Foundation Allergy & Immunology

Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis REgistry (C-CARE)

Chakir, Jamila

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Université Laval Immunology

Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC) ——- Role of fibrocytes as biomarkers of airway remodelling in asthma: A proof of concept ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Asthma (AA) —— Markers of Inflammation – Development and Optimization of Assays —— Knowledge Mobilization for the CIC —— Nasal allergen challenge – reproducibility of biomarkers and effect of topical steroid treatment

Chan-Yeung, Moira

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University of British Columbia Respiratory Medicine

Genome wide association study of allergy and asthma in the Canadian Asthma Primary Prevention Study (CAPPS) and the Study of Allergy Genes and Environment (SAGE) ——- Mini-CHILD: Environment

Chan, Edmond

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BC Children's Hospital Pediatric Allergist

A Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis Registry (C-CARE) ——- Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy —— The Economic Impact of Food Allergy in Canada —— Making Sense of Food Allergies —— Improving Oral Food Challenge (OFC) Implementation in Canada

Chartier, Mariette

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University of Manitoba Community Health Sciences

Allergy-Brain Connection (ABC) Research Team ——- Maternal distress and the development of atopic disease in children: Potential pathways and interventions

Cherry, Nicola

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University of Alberta Epidemiology, Occupational Asthma

Pan Canadian study of gene-environment interactions in the etiology of occupational asthma ——- Surveillance of occupational asthma

Clarke, Ann

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University of Calgary Pediatrics & Clinical Epidemiology

Surveying Canadians to Assess the Prevalence of Common Food Allergies and Attitudes towards Food Labelling and Risk (SCAAALAR) ——- A Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis Registry (C-CARE) ——- Canadian Group on Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy ——- Development of an Evidence-based Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of Statutory and Regulatory Based Policies for Anaphylaxis Risk Reduction ——- Identification of genetic predictors of peanut allergy ——- Is the prevalence of peanut allergy increasing? A five-year follow-up study on the prevalence of peanut allergy in Montreal school children, aged 5-9 ——- Platform for Outcomes Research and Translation in Asthma and allergy (PORTAL) ——- Predicting Peanut Allergy ——- SPAACE Surveying Prevalence of food Allergies in All Canadian Environments ——- Surveying the Prevalence of food Allergy in All Canadian Environments -Trends Over Time (SPAACE to SPAACE) ——- Technology-enabled Knowledge Translation and Mobilization ——- The development, implementation and evaluation of strategies to promote well-being of children and youth with allergies and/or asthma (Part 2 THEME B – Improving Food Labeling for Allergens to Build Consumer Capacity)——-Development of a National Food Allergy Strategy for Canada: Step 1 —— The Economic Impact of Food Allergy in Canada

Corey, Paul

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University of Toronto Biostatistics

Allergic asthma: Air pollution and allergen interactions

Cote, Johanne

Université Laval Psychology

Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)

Crighton, Eric

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University of Ottawa Geography

Work-Related Asthma and Allergy: Prevention and Early Detection (WRAAPED) research program

Cyr, Michael

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McMaster University Clinical Immunology & Allergy

Development of an Adaptive Immune Phenotyping Monitoring Platform ——- Hemopoietic stem cells as biomarkers of atopy, airways inflammation, and sources of ‘epigenetic’ memory —— The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Daley, Denise

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University of British Columbia Medicine

Develop and implement an allergen-gene environment database resource ——- Further Development of the Genapha Website:An AllerGen Genomic database resource ——- Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy ——- Clustering approaches to unravel complex asthma phenotypes ——- Functional genetics in allergy ——- Functional TSLP genomics in vitro and ex vivo: human epithelial cell production of TSLP in relation to asthma development ——- Genome wide association study of allergy and asthma in the Canadian Asthma Primary Prevention Study (CAPPS) and the Study of Allergy Genes and Environment (SAGE) ——- Genome-wide Association Results ——- Postpartum Distress and Childhood Asthma: The Genetics, and the Social and Ethical Impacts of this Genetic Association ——- Respiratory syncytial virus in the development of infant wheezing disorders: a bench to bedside approach to gene-virus interactions ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Davison, Joe

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University of Calgary Physiology & Pharmacology

Neuroendocrine Regulation of Allergic Inflammation: Translational Studies

Dawney, Gregory

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University Health Network Genomic Medicine

Modulation of exocytosis in allergic inflammation

de Souza, Russel

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McMaster University Epidemiology & Biostatistics

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— Understanding the Impact of Maternal and Infant Nutrition on Infant/Child Health

Dean, Heather

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University of Manitoba Pediatrics & Child Health

Gender-related biologic and sociologic impact of obesity

Delespesse, Guy

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Université de Montréal Infection, Immunity and Inflammation

Cross-talk between Airway Epithelial and CD34 Hemopoietic Progenitor Cells Mediated by TSLP and IL-33 in Asthmatic and Normal Individuals ——- Hemopoietic stem cell biomarkers in the diagnosis and prediction of allergic inflammation and disease

Dell, Sharon

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The University of British Columbia Clinical Epidemiology

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Demers, Paul

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University of British Columbia Occupational Health

Asthma and BC workers

Denburg, Judah

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McMaster University Clinical Immunology & Allergy

Hemopoietic stem cell biomarkers in the diagnosis and prediction of allergic inflammation and disease ——- Hemopoietic stem cell biomarkers in the diagnosis and prediction of allergic inflammation and disease: STEM (Stem cell Team for Emerging Markers) ——- Hemopoietic stem cells as biomarkers of atopy, airways inflammation, and sources of… ——- Allergic asthma: Air pollution and allergen interactions ——- CHILD Executive Meeting Workshop in Toronto ——- Development of an Evidence-based Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- Health and India-Canada Workshop for Development of Mobile e-Health Technologies —— Cytof-enabled biomarkers of allergic disease —— Effects of Dex on Human Eosinophil/Basophil on Differentiation —— Stem Cell Team for Emerging BioMarkers —— Project 500
—— The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— Nasal allergen challenge – reproducibility of biomarkers and effect of topical steroid treatment

Diamond, Miriam

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University of Toronto Geography, Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry

Better Exposure Avoidance Measures (BEAM) and New Environmental Sensor Tool Development ——- Method for measuring phthalate concentrations representative of exposure

Dorscheid, Del

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University of British Columbia Critical Care Medicine; Respirology

Environmental impact on the epithelial immune barrier in asthma ——- Environmental impact, inflammation and the role of IL-13 receptor a2 ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Severe Asthma

Duan, Qingling

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Queen's University Bioinformatics

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Severe Asthma

Dufresne, Andre

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McGill University Chemistry

A feasibility study to develop an exposure model for indoor air contaminants and to collect genetic data on an asthmatic cohort

Duszyk, Marek

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University of Alberta Physiology

IDO, glutamate receptors and allergic inflammation

Eitzen, Gary

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University of Alberta Cell Biology

Modulation of exocytosis in allergic inflammation

Eiwegger, Thomas
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The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Paediatric allergy and respiratory medicine

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Elliott, Susan

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University of Waterloo Geography & Environmental Management

NFAst——-Development of a National Food Allergy Strategy for Canada: Step 1 —— Surveying the Prevalence of food Allergy in All Canadian Environments -Trends Over Time (SPAACE to SPAACE) —— Project 500 ——
The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— The Economic Impact of Food Allergy in Canada —— Towards evidence-based, consensus-driven food allergen risk management framework —— Making Sense of Food Allergies —— Improving Oral Food Challenge (OFC) Implementation in Canada

Ellis, Anne

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Queen's University Microbiology & Immunology

Allergic Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC): Development of a standardized nasal allergen challenge model for a multi-center research collaborative to investigate novel therapeutic agents for allergic rhinitis ——- Functional genomic and proteomic changes in response to nasal allergen challenge and following peptide immunotherapy treatment of the same: A partnership with the Allergic-Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC) and industry ——- Genetics of the early and late responses to AllerGen challenge ——- Hemopoietic stem cell biomarkers in the diagnosis and prediction of allergic inflammation and disease ——- Hemopoietic stem cell biomarkers in the diagnosis and prediction of allergic inflammation and disease: STEM (Stem cell Team for Emerging Markers) ——- Metabolomics ——- Rapid Environmental Effects on Genes: The Lens of Epigenetics (REEGLE) ——- Strengthening the Case for Ongoing Reduction of Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution (SCORE-TRAP) ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Rhinitis (AR) —— Urine Metabolomics Analysis for Asthma Diagnosis —— Biomarker development for monitoring responses in CIC clinical trials —— Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy —– Food Allergy Management at University from the Perspective of Students and Food Service Management

Evans, Greg

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University of Toronto Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry

Better Exposure Avoidance Measures (BEAM) and New Environmental Sensor Tool Development ——- Development of sensor arrays for the assessment of exposure to air pollutants

Fenton, Nancy

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University of Waterloo

Enhancing RAP for First Nations Communities

Field, Catherine

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University of Alberta

Allergy-Brain Connection (ABC) Research Team

Finlay, Brett

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The University of British Columbia Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology & Immunology

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

FitzGerald, Mark

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University of British Columbia Respiratory Medicine

Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC) ——- Genetics of the early and late responses to AllerGen challenge ——- Parental preferences for asthma control in children ——- Platform for Outcomes Research and Translation in Asthma and allergy (PORTAL) ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Asthma (AA) ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Severe Asthma ——- The Platform for Outcomes Research and Translation in Asthma and Allergy (PORTAL) —— Nebulizer assessment for sputum induction —— Markers of Inflammation – Development and Optimization of Assays —— CIC Mediator Library —— Strengthening the Case for Ongoing Reduction of Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution (SCORE-TRAP) —— Knowledge Mobilization for the CIC —— Mannitol-Induced Cough Challenge in Healthy Controls and Subjects with Mild Allergic Asthma

Forsythe, Paul

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McMaster University Respirology

Effects of probiotics on murine model of asthma ——- Canadian Group of Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Canadian Group on Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Developmental plasticity and fetal programming of asthma in mice ——- Perinatal stress and programming of allergic responses ——- The distribution and function of FceR1 on nerves

Fortuno, Edgardo

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Foster, Warren

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McMaster University Obstetrics & Gynecology

Hemopoietic stem cells as biomarkers of atopy, airways inflammation, and sources of ‘epigenetic’ memory

Freitag, Andreas

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McMaster University Respirology/Critical Care

Canadian Group on Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR)

Garside, Sarah

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McMaster University E-Learning

Can e-health tools improve health outcomes in asthma? ——- Technology-enabled Knowledge Translation and Mobilization

Gauldie, Jack

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McMaster University Respiratory Diseases and Allergy

Regulation of lung mucosal immune responses by heterologous exposure to multiple infectious and allergic agents

Gauvreau, Gail

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McMaster University Respirology

Allergic Asthma functional & Pharmaco-genomics for Early and Late Phase Response Biomarkers ——- Biomarkers of a Sympathetic Anti-inflammatory Pathway, Neuro-regulation of Sympathetic Anti-inflammatory Activity ——- Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC) ——- Development of a Microarray Genotyping Chip for Clinical Trials ——- Environmental impact, inflammation and the role of IL-13 receptor a2 ——- Genetics of the early and late responses to AllerGen challenge ——- Hemopoietic stem cell biomarkers in the diagnosis and prediction of allergic inflammation and disease ——- Metabolomics ——- Strengthening the Case for Ongoing Reduction of Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution (SCORE-TRAP) ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Asthma (AA) ——- Thymic Stromal Lymphopoitin-induced Cord Blood Hemopoietic Progenitors: Biomarkers for the Development of Atopy and Asthma ——- Urine NMR-based Metabolomics for Asthma Diagnosis —— Predictive Biomarkers of the Late-Phase Response —— Urine Metabolomics Analysis for Asthma Diagnosis —— Nebulizer assessment for sputum induction —— Markers of Inflammation – Development and Optimization of Assays —— CIC Mediator Library —— Methacholine challenge: comparison of airway responsiveness between vibrating mesh and jet nebulizer aerosol generation —— Biomarker development for monitoring responses in CIC clinical trials —— Knowledge Mobilization for the CIC —— Improved diagnosis of asthma: metabolomics —— Cytof-Enabled Biomarkers of Allergic Disease —— Nasal allergen challenge – reproducibility of biomarkers and effect of topical steroid treatment —— Mannitol-Induced Cough Challenge in Healthy Controls and Subjects with Mild Allergic Asthma —— Inhaled allergen challenge methodology: assessment of a vibrating mesh nebulizer for allergen administration

Ghahary, Aziz

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University of British Columbia Dermatology; Plastic Surgery

IDO, glutamate receptors and allergic inflammation

Giesbrecht, Gerry

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University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine

Allergy-Brain Connection (ABC) Research Team

Gillespie, Cathy

Health Science Centre Winnipeg Nursing

Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- Development of an Evidence-based Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- The Roaring Adventures of Puff: A school-based asthma education program —— Development of a Mobile Application for Food Allergic Children & Teens

Godefroy, Samuel

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Université Laval Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Systems

SPAACE Surveying Prevalence of food Allergies in All Canadian Environments —— Towards evidence-based, consensus-driven food allergen risk management framework

Gordon, John

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University of Saskatchewan Veterinary Microbiology

Canadian Group of Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Canadian Group on Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Functional consequences of innate immune receptor polymorphisms ——- Identification of genetic predictors of peanut allergy ——- Preventing Severe reactions – Preclinical Studies ——- Strategies for enhancing tolerance induction: Preclinical studies and CHILD linked project development ——- Tolerance induction and threshold studies to peanut allergen: relevance to consumer exposure to baked goods ——- Vaccines for asthma & allergies – a bacterial immune-prophylactic and therapeutic approach —— Development of human dendritic cell immunotherapy for treatment of asthma and allergy

Gounni, Abdel

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University of Manitoba Immunology

Gender-related biologic and sociologic impact of obesity

Grasemann, Hartmut

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Hospital for Sick Children Respiratory Medicine

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Greenwood, Celia

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McGill University Health Centre Biostatistician

Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy

Greer, Wenda

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Capital Health / Dalhousie University Hematology

Functional consequences of innate immune receptor polymorphisms

Gutkin, Cal

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Family Physician

Certified Allergy Educator Program

Haddad, Elie

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Université de Montréal Pediatrics & Child Health

Haines, Ted

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McMaster University Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting ——- Work-Related Asthma and Allergy: Prevention and Early Detection (WRAAPED) research program

Halayko, Andrew

Profile

University of Manitoba Internal Medicine & Physiology

IDO, glutamate receptors and allergic inflammation

Hamid, Qutayba

Profile

McGill University Respiratory Medicine

Host environment interaction: Educating TLR-4+lymphocytes in childhood ——- Intracellular Cytokine Production ——- Neuroimmune interactions: a partnership in drug development and translational research ——- Study of the pathogenesis and reversibility of airway damage and repair during chronic mucosal immune responses to environmental allergies

HayGlass, Kent

Profile

University of Manitoba Immunology

Identification of genetic predictors of peanut allergy ——- Maternal Stress and Childhood Asthma ——- Predicting Peanut Allergy ——- Stress, asthma and atopy socio-spatial investigations (SAASSI) ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study ——- TLR function in human neonates —— Project 500

Hegele, Richard

Profile

University of Toronto Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology; Virology

Environmental impact on the epithelial immune barrier in asthma ——- Environmental impact, inflammation and the role of IL-13 receptor a2 ——- Respiratory syncytial virus in the development of infant wheezing disorders: a bench to bedside approach to gene-virus interactions ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— Project 500

Hirota, Jeremy

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The University of British Columbia Respiratory immunology

Holness, D. Linn

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University of Toronto Occupational Medicine

Workplace sensitizers: skin and lung exposure, responses and prevention ——- Work-Related Asthma and Allergy: Prevention and Early Detection (WRAAPED) research program ——- Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Hudson, Thomas

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Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Medical Genetics, Microbiology, Biophysics

Hull, Peter

Profile

University of Saskatchewan Dematology, Genetics

Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy

Infante-Rivard, Claire

Profile

McGill University Epidemiology

A feasibility study to develop an exposure model for indoor air contaminants and to collect genetic data on an asthmatic cohort

Inman, Mark

Profile

McMaster University Respirology

Environmental impact, inflammation and the role of IL-13 receptor a2 ——- Perinatal stress and programming of allergic responses ——- Regulation of lung mucosal immune responses by heterologous exposure to multiple infectious and allergic agents

Jordana, Manel

Profile

McMaster University Pathology & Molecular Medicine

Canadian Group of Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Canadian Group on Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Disease Management: Canadian peanut thresholds study ——- Identification of genetic predictors of peanut allergy ——- Predicting Peanut Allergy ——- Preventing Severe reactions – Preclinical Studies ——- Regulation of lung mucosal immune responses by heterologous exposure to multiple infectious and allergic agents ——- Strategies for enhancing tolerance induction: Preclinical studies and CHILD linked project development —— Investigation of Strategies to Dismantle Persistent Peanut Allergy

Joseph, Lawrence

Profile

McGill University Clinical Epidemiology, Bayesian Statistics

A Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis Registry (C-CARE) ——- Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis REgistry (C-CARE) ——- Is the prevalence of peanut allergy increasing? A five-year follow-up study on the prevalence of peanut allergy in Montreal school children, aged 5-9 ——- SPAACE Surveying Prevalence of food Allergies in All Canadian Environments ——- Surveying Canadians to Assess the Prevalence of Common Food Allergies and Attitudes towards Food Labelling and Risk (SCAAALAR) ——- Surveying the Prevalence of food Allergy in All Canadian Environments -Trends Over Time (SPAACE to SPAACE) ——- The development, implementation and evaluation of strategies to promote well-being of children and youth with allergies and/or asthma (Part 2 THEME B – Improving Food Labelling for Allergens to Build Consumer Capacity)

Kagan, Rhoda

Profile

North York General Hospital Pediatric Allergist

Is the prevalence of peanut allergy increasing? A five-year follow-up study on the prevalence of peanut allergy in Montreal school children, aged 5-9 ——- The development, implementation and evaluation of strategies to promote well-being of children and youth with allergies and/or asthma (Part 2 THEME B – Improving Food Labelling for Allergens to Build Consumer Capacity)

Kaplan, Bonnie

Profile

University of Calgary

Allergy-Brain Connection (ABC) Research Team

Kaplan, Feige

Profile

McGill University Medical Genetics

Validation of genetic associations in asthma and allergy in Canadian families

Kapur, Sandy

Profile

Halifax Allergy & Asthma Associates Pediatrics

Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- Functional consequences of innate immune receptor polymorphisms —— Improving Oral Food Challenge (OFC) Implementation in Canada

Keith, Paul

Profile

McMaster University Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Allergic Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC): Development of a standardized nasal allergen challenge model for a multi-center research collaborative to investigate novel therapeutic agents for allergic rhinitis ——- Development of an Adaptive Immune Phenotyping Monitoring Platform ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Rhinitis (AR) ——- The link between upper and lower airway inflammation —— Nasal allergen challenge – reproducibility of biomarkers and effect of topical steroid treatment

Kelly, Margaret

Profile

University of Calgary Pulmonary Pathology

Role of mast cells and eosinophils in allergic inflammationand fibrosis of the lung

Kennedy, Susan

Profile

University of British Columbia Population and Public Health

Asthma and BC workers ——- Surveillance of occupational asthma

King, Malcolm

Profile

University of Alberta Pulmonary Medicine

Engaging Aboriginal families affected by allergies and asthma in support-education program development ——- Promoting Health Equity for Vulnerable Populations affected by Asthma and Allergies

Knight, Darryl

Profile

University of British Columbia Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Environmental impact on the epithelial immune barrier in asthma ——- Functional TSLP genomics in vitro and ex vivo: human epithelial cell production of TSLP in relation to asthma development

Knoppers, Bartha
Profile

McGill University Genomics

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Kobor, Michael

Profile

University of British Columbia Molecular Medicine; Epigenetics

Mini-CHILD: Psychosocial Assessment and Epigenetics ——- An Integrative Multidimensional Genomic and Epigenomic Approach for the Study of Short-Term Diesel Exhaust on Asthmatics ——- Developmental plasticity and fetal programming of asthma in mice ——- Rapid Environmental Effects on Genes: The Lens of Epigenetics (REEGLE) ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— Project 500 —— Strengthening the Case for Ongoing Reduction of Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution (SCORE-TRAP) —— Better Exposure Avoidance Measures (BEAM)

Koehoorn, Mieke

Profile

University of British Columbia Population and Public Health

Asthma and BC workers

Kolkman, John

Profile

Edmonton Social Planning Council

Promoting Health Equity for Vulnerable Populations affected by Asthma and Allergies

Kollmann, Tobias

Profile

University of British Columbia Infectious and Immunological Diseases

Vaccines for asthma & allergies – a bacterial immune-prophylactic and therapeutic approach ——- An Assessment of Long-Term Indoor Residential Pollution Exposures among Canadian Children ——- Development of an Adaptive Immune Phenotyping Monitoring Platform ——- Expansion of existing capacity of immunology platform to support Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development study (birth cohort) ——- Functional genetics in allergy ——- Improved Tools for Assessing Long-Term Indoor and Outdoor Exposures in Epidemiologic Studies of Allergy and Asthma & Repeat Home Visits and Alternative Sampling Techniques in the Mini-CHILD Study (Mini-CHILD II) ——- Mini-CHILD: Assessment of the home environment ——- Mini-CHILD: Recruitment ——- Neuroimmune interactions: a partnership in drug development and translational research ——- Ontogeny and genetic polymorphisms of the innate immune system intersecting in asthma ——- Rapid Environmental Effects on Genes: The Lens of Epigenetics (REEGLE) ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— Project 500

Kozyrskyj, Anita

Profile

University of Alberta Maternal-Child Health and the Environment; Pediatrics

Maternal Stress and Childhood Asthma ——- Allergy-Brain Connection (ABC) Research Team ——- Clustering approaches to unravel complex asthma phenotypes ——- Financial barriers to medication use in children with asthma: Effect on health outcomes ——- Genome wide association study of allergy and asthma in the Canadian Asthma Primary Prevention Study (CAPPS) and the Study of Allergy Genes and Environment (SAGE) ——- Genome-wide Association Results ——- Maternal distress and the development of atopic disease in children: Potential pathways and interventions ——- Postpartum Distress and Childhood Asthma: The Genetics, and the Social and Ethical Impacts of this Genetic Association ——- Stress, asthma and atopy socio-spatial investigations (SAASSI) ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study ——- TLR function in human neonates ——- Traffic-related air pollution as a risk factor for the development of childhood asthma ——- Validation of genetic associations in asthma and allergy in Canadian families —— Project 500

Kubes, Paul

Profile

University of Calgary Immunology

Role of mast cells and eosinophils in allergic inflammationand fibrosis of the lung

Kudla, Irena

Profile

University of Toronto Occupational & Environmental Health

Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting ——- Workplace sensitizers: skin and lung exposure, responses and prevention ——- Work-Related Asthma and Allergy: Prevention and Early Detection (WRAAPED) research program

Lacuesta, Gena

Profile

University of Alberta Pulmonary Medicine

Functional consequences of innate immune receptor polymorphisms

Lacy, Paige

Profile

University of Alberta Pulmonary Medicine

Canadian Group of Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Canadian Group on Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Identification of genetic predictors of peanut allergy ——- Modulation of exocytosis in allergic inflammation

Lam, Wan

Profile

Simon Fraser University Faculty of Health Sciences

An Integrative Multidimensional Genomic and Epigenomic Approach for the Study of Short-Term Diesel Exhaust on Asthmatics

Lanphear, Bruce

Profile

Simon Fraser University Faculty of Health Sciences

An Assessment of Long-Term Indoor Residential Pollution Exposures among Canadian Children ——- Improved Tools for Assessing Long-Term Indoor and Outdoor Exposures in Epidemiologic Studies of Allergy and Asthma & Repeat Home Visits and Alternative Sampling Techniques in the Mini-CHILD Study (Mini-CHILD II)

Laprise, Catherine

Profile

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Fundamental Sciences

Identification of genetic predictors of peanut allergy ——- Canadian Group on Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Clustering approaches to unravel complex asthma phenotypes ——- Functional genetics in allergy ——- Functional TSLP genomics in vitro and ex vivo: human epithelial cell production of TSLP in relation to asthma development ——- Genome wide association study of allergy and asthma in the Canadian Asthma Primary Prevention Study (CAPPS) and the Study of Allergy Genes and Environment (SAGE) ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study ——- Validation of genetic associations in asthma and allergy in Canadian families —— Project 500

Larché, Mark

Profile

McMaster University Clinical Immunology & Allergy

Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC) ——- Development of an Adaptive Immune Phenotyping Monitoring Platform ——- Functional genetics in allergy ——- Functional genomic and proteomic changes in response to nasal allergen challenge and following peptide immunotherapy treatment of the same: A partnership with the Allergic-Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC) and industry ——- Hemopoietic stem cell biomarkers in the diagnosis and prediction of allergic inflammation and disease ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Rhinitis (AR) ——- Vaccines for asthma & allergies – a bacterial immune-prophylactic and therapeutic approach —— Biomarker development for monitoring responses in CIC clinical trials

Latycheva, Oxana

Ontario Lung Association; Asthma Society of Canada; Université Laval Cell Biology

Development of an Evidence-based Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- Enhancing RAP for First Nations Communities ——- Extending the Reach: From Practice to Evidence ——- Mobilizing best practices in Asthma and Allergy management and use of the Air Quality Health Index in the Canadian sport and recreation community ——- Promoting Health Equity for Vulnerable Populations affected by Asthma and Allergies ——- Sustainable Online Support for Children and Adolescents Affected by Asthma and Allergies

Laviolette, Michel

Profile

Université de Montréal Veterinary Medicine

Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)

Lavoie, Jean-Pierre

Profile

Charite Hopital Pediatric Allergist, PhD in Genetics

Study of the pathogenesis and reversibility of airway damage and repair during chronic mucosal immune responses to environmental allergies

Légaré, France

Profile

Health Canada

Shared Decision in Asthma Management: A Strategy to Improve Asthma Control

Leigh, Richard

Profile

University of Calgary Respiratory Medicine

Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC) ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Asthma (AA) ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Severe Asthma —— Nebulizer assessment for sputum induction —— Markers of Inflammation – Development and Optimization of Assays —— Knowledge Mobilization for the CIC —— Mannitol-Induced Cough Challenge in Healthy Controls and Subjects with Mild Allergic Asthma

Lemière, Catherine

Profile

Université de Montréal Pneumology

Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Severe Asthma ——- Work-Related Asthma and Allergy: Prevention and Early Detection (WRAAPED) research program

Lemire, Mathieu

Hôpital de Sacré Coeur Respirology

Develop and implement an allergen-gene environment database resource

Letourneau, Nicole

Profile

University of New Brunswick Nursing

Allergy-Brain Connection (ABC) Research Team ——- Building continuity of support for allergic children with asthma and/or anaphylaxis and their families ——- Engaging Aboriginal families affected by allergies and asthma in support-education program development ——- Maternal distress and the development of atopic disease in children: Potential pathways and interventions ——- Postpartum Distress and Childhood Asthma: The Genetics, and the Social and Ethical Impacts of this Genetic Association ——- Promoting Health Equity for Vulnerable Populations affected by Asthma and Allergies ——- Stress, asthma and atopy socio-spatial investigations (SAASSI) ——- Sustainable Online Support for Children and Adolescents Affected by Asthma and Allergies

Levinson, Anthony

Profile

McMaster University Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences; Physician, Patient education, online education

Can e-health tools improve health outcomes in asthma? ——- Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- Development of an Evidence-based Certified Allergy Educator Program ——- Mobilizing best practices in Asthma and Allergy management and use of the Air Quality Health Index in the Canadian sport and recreation community ——- Online Certificate Course in Best Practices for Allergic Disease/Anaphylaxis for Schools ——- Pharmacogenetics & Genetic Testing 3D graphical animation tool

Lin, Tong-Jun

Profile

Dalhousie University Microbiology & Immunology

Functional consequences of innate immune receptor polymorphisms

Liss, Gary

Profile

University of Toronto Occupational and Environmental Health

Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting ——- Workplace sensitizers: skin and lung exposure, responses and prevention ——- Work-Related Asthma and Allergy: Prevention and Early Detection (WRAAPED) research program

Lou, Wendy

Profile

University of Toronto Statistics, Public Health Sciences

CHILD Executive Meeting Workshop in Toronto ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study ——- Project 500

Lougheed, Diane

Profile

Kingston General Hospital Respirology

Can e-health tools improve health outcomes in asthma? ——- Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting ——- Technology-enabled Knowledge Translation and Mobilization ——- Work-Related Asthma and Allergy: Prevention and Early Detection (WRAAPED) research program

Lussier, Jacques

Université de Montréal Veterinary Biomedicine

Study of the pathogenesis and reversibility of airway damage and repair during chronic mucosal immune responses to environmental allergies

Lynd, Larry

Profile

University of British Columbia Pharmaceutical Sciences

Asthma and BC workers ——- Parental preferences for asthma control in children ——- Platform for Outcomes Research and Translation in Asthma and allergy (PORTAL) ——- Technology-enabled Knowledge Translation and Mobilization ——- The Platform for Outcomes Research and Translation in Asthma and Allergy (PORTAL)

Mack, Douglas

McMaster University Pediatric Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Prevention and management of adverse reactions to food in schools—a systematic review and practice guidelines

MacNeil, Brian

Profile

University of Manitoba Physical Therapy

Maternal Stress and Childhood Asthma ——- Stress, asthma and atopy socio-spatial investigations (SAASSI)

MacQueen, Glenda

Profile

University of Calgary Psychiatry

Neuroendocrine regulation of allergic reactions in animal models: Translation to humans

Macri, Joseph

Profile

McMaster University Clinical Pathology

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— Project 500

Majaesic, Carina

Profile

University of Alberta Pediatric Pulmonology

Building continuity of support for allergic children with asthma and/or anaphylaxis and their families

Maksym, Geoffrey

Profile

Dalhousie University Biomedical Engineering

Malo, Jean-Luc

Profile

Université de Montréal Pneumology

Work-Related Asthma and Allergy: Prevention and Early Detection (WRAAPED) research program

Mandhane, Piush

Profile

University of Alberta Pediatrics

Allergy-Brain Connection (ABC) Research Team ——- CHILD Executive Meeting Workshop in Toronto ——- Maternal distress and the development of atopic disease in children: Potential pathways and interventions ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— Project 500 —— Knowledge Mobilization for the CHILD Study —— Identifying Childhood Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) phenotypes using Urine Metabolomics

Marchessault, Gail

University of Manitoba Human Nutritional Sciences

Gender-related biologic and sociologic impact of obesity

Mardell, Kevin

Profile

West Elgin Community Health Centre Family Medicine

Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting

Marra, Carlo

Profile

Memorial University Pharmaceutical Sciences

Consumer Preference for Allergen Food Labelling ——- Platform for Outcomes Research and Translation in Asthma and allergy (PORTAL) 

Marrie, Tom

Profile

University of Alberta Medicine

Non-invasive diagnosis: Metabolics for the various phenotypes of asthma (formerly: Diagnosing the Various Phenotypes of Asthma: The Use of Urine NMR)

Marsden, Philip

Profile

University of Toronto Medical Biophysics

Cardiopulmonary consequences of air pollution in a murine model of allergic asthma

Marshall, Aaron

Profile

University of Manitoba Molecular Immunology

TLR function in human neonates

Marshall, Jean

Profile

Dalhousie University Microbiology & Immunology

Canadian Group of Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Canadian Group on Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Functional consequences of innate immune receptor polymorphisms ——- Identification of genetic predictors of peanut allergy ——- Strategies for enhancing tolerance induction: Preclinical studies and CHILD linked project development ——- Technology-enabled Knowledge Translation and Mobilization ——- Tolerance induction and threshold studies to peanut allergen: relevance to consumer exposure to baked goods ——- Development of a National Food Allergy Strategy for Canada: Step 1 —— Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy

Martin, James

Profile

McGill University Medicine & Physiology

Host environment interaction: Educating TLR-4+lymphocytes in childhood ——- Study of the pathogenesis and reversibility of airway damage and repair during chronic mucosal immune responses to environmental allergies ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Severe Asthma

Masuda, Jeffrey

Profile

University of Manitoba Environment and Geography

Building continuity of support for allergic children with asthma and/or anaphylaxis and their families ——- Engaging Aboriginal families affected by allergies and asthma in support-education program development ——- Promoting Health Equity for Vulnerable Populations affected by Asthma and Allergies ——- Sustainable Online Support for Children and Adolescents Affected by Asthma and Allergies

Mathison, Ronald

Profile

University of Calgary Physiology & Pharmacology

Neuroendocrine Regulation of Allergic Inflammation: Translational Studies ——- Neuroimmune interactions: a partnership in drug development and translational research

Mayers, Irvin

Profile

University of Alberta Respiratory Medicine

Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC) ——- Genetics of the early and late responses to AllerGen challenge ——- Metabolomics ——- Non-invasive diagnosis: Metabolics for the various phenotypes of asthma (formerly: Diagnosing the Various Phenotypes of Asthma: The Use of Urine NMR) ——- Shared Decision in Asthma Management: A Strategy to Improve Asthma Control ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Asthma (AA) —— Urine Metabolomics Analysis for Asthma Diagnosis —— Nebulizer assessment for sputum induction —— Markers of Inflammation – Development and Optimization of Assays —— Knowledge Mobilization for the CIC —— Improved diagnosis of asthma: metabolomics —— Mannitol-Induced Cough Challenge in Healthy Controls and Subjects with Mild Allergic Asthma

Mazer, Bruce

Profile

McGill University Pediatrics, Allergy & Immunology

Disease Modulation Clinical Tolerance Study ——- Environmental impact, inflammation and the role of IL-13 receptor a2 ——- Host environment interaction: Educating TLR-4+lymphocytes in childhood ——- Intracellular Cytokine Production ——- Knowledge Mobilization Cafe Scientifique on the top of allergies (food and drug) ——- Vaccines for asthma & allergies – a bacterial immune-prophylactic and therapeutic approach —— Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy

McKerlie, Colin

Profile

Hospital for Sick Children Physiology & Experimental Medicine

Respiratory syncytial virus in the development of infant wheezing disorders: a bench to bedside approach to gene-virus interactions

McLeod, Chris

Profile

University of British Columbia Health Services & Policy Research

Asthma and BC workers

McNagny, Kelly

Profile

University of British Columbia Medical Genetics

Blocking Human CD34 Expression as a Therapeutic for Mucosal Inflammatory Disease ——- Canadian Group of Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- Canadian Group on Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) ——- CD34 as a therapeutic target for allergic inflammation and asthma ——- Environmental Affects on Allergic Airway Disease ——- Hemopoietic stem cell biomarkers in the diagnosis and prediction of allergic inflammation and disease ——- Identification of genetic predictors of peanut allergy ——- Role of mast cells and eosinophils in allergic inflammationand fibrosis of the lung ——- Strategies for enhancing tolerance induction: Preclinical studies and CHILD linked project development ——- The distribution and function of FceR1 on nerves ——- Vaccines for asthma & allergies – a bacterial immune-prophylactic and therapeutic approach —— CD34 as a Therapeutic Target for Allergic Asthma —— Cytof-enabled biomarkers of allergic disease —— Markers of Inflammation – Development and Optimization of Assays —— Stem Cell Team for Emerging BioMarkers —— Strengthening the Case for Ongoing Reduction of Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution (SCORE-TRAP)

Mehta, Sanjay

Profile

London Health Sciences Centre Respirology

Cardiopulmonary consequences of air pollution in a murine model of allergic asthma

Mignone, Javier

Profile

University of Manitoba Human Ecology

Stress, asthma and atopy socio-spatial investigations (SAASSI)

Miller, Greg

Profile

University of British Columbia Psychology

CHILD Executive Meeting Workshop in Toronto ——- Mini-CHILD: Psychosocial Assessment and Epigenetics ——- Psycho-social Assessment and Epigenetics: Mini-CHILD ——- Rapid Environmental Effects on Genes: The Lens of Epigenetics (REEGLE) ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— Project 500

Minard, Janice

Profile

Kingston General Hospital Nursing

Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting

Mitchell, Patrick

Profile

University of Calgary Respirology

Allergic Asthma CIC

Mody, Chris

Profile

University of Calgary Immunology & Respirology

Role of mast cells and eosinophils in allergic inflammationand fibrosis of the lung

Moisey, Susan

Profile

Athabasca University Distance Education

Building continuity of support for allergic children with asthma and/or anaphylaxis and their families

Moqbel, Redwan (deceased)

Profile

University of Manitoba Immunology

IDO, glutamate receptors and allergic inflammation ——- Metabolomics ——- Non-invasive diagnosis: Metabolics for the various phenotypes of asthma (formerly: Diagnosing the Various Phenotypes of Asthma: The Use of Urine NMR) ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Moraes, Theo

Profile

Hospital for Sick Children Respirology

Respiratory syncytial virus in the development of infant wheezing disorders: a bench to bedside approach to gene-virus interactions ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— Project 500

Morris, Katherine

Profile

University of Alberta

Morris, Maggie

Profile

University of Manitoba Obstetrics & Gynecology, Women's Health

TLR function in human neonates

Mustard, Cameron

Profile

University of Toronto Public Health Sciences

Antenatal steroid therapy for fetal lung maturation: Is there an association with childhood asthma

Nair, Parameswaran

Profile

McMaster University

The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Severe Asthma —— Urine Metabolomics Analysis for Asthma Diagnosis —— Knowledge Mobilization for the CIC —— Improved diagnosis of asthma: metabolomics

Neeloffer Mookherjee

Profile

University of Manitoba Internal Medicine & Immunology

Neighbour, Helen

Profile

McMaster University Clinical Immunology and Allergy; Respirology

Allergic Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC): Development of a standardized nasal allergen challenge model for a multi-center research collaborative to investigate novel therapeutic agents for allergic rhinitis ——- Functional genomic and proteomic changes in response to nasal allergen challenge and following peptide immunotherapy treatment of the same: A partnership with the Allergic-Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC) and industry ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Rhinitis (AR) —– Biomarker development for monitoring responses in CIC clinical trials

O’Byrne, Paul

Profile

McMaster University Respirology

Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC) ——- Biomarkers of a Sympathetic Anti-inflammatory Pathway, Neuro-regulation of Sympathetic Anti-inflammatory Activity ——- Can e-health tools improve health outcomes in asthma? ——- CHILD Executive Meeting Workshop in Toronto ——- CIC Quality Assurance Plan ——- CIC Quality Assurance Plan ——- CIC Quality Assurance Plan ——- CIC Quality Assurance Plan Statistical Analyses ——- CIC Quality Assurance Plan Statistical Analyses ——- Development of a Microarray Genotyping Chip for Clinical Trials ——- Development of an Adaptive Immune Phenotyping Monitoring Platform ——- Genetics of the early and late responses to AllerGen challenge ——- Hemopoietic stem cell biomarkers in the diagnosis and prediction of allergic inflammation and disease ——- Neuroendocrine Regulation of Allergic Inflammation: Translational Studies ——- Neuroimmune interactions: a partnership in drug development and translational research ——- Technology-enabled Knowledge Translation and Mobilization ——- The Clinical Investigator Collaborative (CIC)-Allergic Asthma (AA) ——- Thymic Stromal Lymphopoitin-induced Cord Blood Hemopoietic Progenitors: Biomarkers for the Development of Atopy and Asthma —— Nebulizer assessment for sputum induction —— CIC Mediator Library —— Methacholine challenge: comparison of airway responsiveness between vibrating mesh and jet nebulizer aerosol generation —— Knowledge Mobilization for the CIC —— Mannitol-Induced Cough Challenge in Healthy Controls and Subjects with Mild Allergic Asthma

Ohayon, Jason

Profile

Consulting Allergy & Immunology Allergy & Immunology

Development of an Adaptive Immune Phenotyping Monitoring Platform

Olajos-Clow, Jennifer

Profile

Kingston General Hospital Nursing

Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting ——- Work-Related Asthma and Allergy: Prevention and Early Detection (WRAAPED) research program

Palaniyar, Nades

Profile

Hospital for Sick Children Physiology & Experimental Medicine

Allergic asthma: Air pollution and allergen interactions ——- Cardiopulmonary consequences of air pollution in a murine model of allergic asthma

Paré, Guillaume

Profile

McMaster University Pathology & Molecular Medicine; Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Stem Cell Team for Emerging BioMarkers

Paré, Peter

Profile

University of British Columbia Medicine

Validation of genetic associations in asthma and allergy in Canadian families ——- Functional TSLP genomics in vitro and ex vivo: human epithelial cell production of TSLP in relation to asthma development ——- Genome wide association study of allergy and asthma in the Canadian Asthma Primary Prevention Study (CAPPS) and the Study of Allergy Genes and Environment (SAGE) ——- Genome-wide Association Results ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Paterson, Nigel

Profile

London Health Sciences Centre Respirology

Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting

Petronis, Arturas

Profile

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Epigenetics, Neuroscience

Developmental plasticity and fetal programming of asthma in mice

Piccirillo, Ciriaco

Profile

McGill University Health Centre T-reg Studies

Disease Modulation Clinical Tolerance Study

Post, Martin

Profile

Hospital for Sick Children Physiology & Experimental Medicine

Infant Inflammatory Markers and Lung Function ——- Mini-CHILD: Development of objective measurement of airway inflammation and lung function in infants

Protudjer, Jennifer

Profile

University of Manitoba Environmental Epidemology

Purdham, James

Profile

University of Toronto Occupational & Environmental Health

Workplace sensitizers: skin and lung exposure, responses and prevention

Radzioch, Danuta

Profile

McGill University Experimental Medicine, Human Genetics

Genetics of the early and late responses to AllerGen challenge

Ramsey, Clare

Profile

University of Manitoba Environmental and Genetic Epidemiology of Obstructive Lung Disease

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Ratjen, Felix

Profile

Hospital for Sick Children Respiratory Medicine

Infant Inflammatory Markers and Lung Function ——- Mini-CHILD: Development of objective measurement of airway inflammation and lung function in infants ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study —— Project 500

Ratz, Jodan

Profile

Queen's University Allergy & Immunology

Allergic Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC): Development of a standardized nasal allergen challenge model for a multi-center research collaborative to investigate novel therapeutic agents for allergic rhinitis ——- Genetics of the early and late responses to AllerGen challenge ——- Metabolomics

Rex, Greg

Profile

Halifax Allergy & Asthma/Dalhousie University Clinical Allergy

Functional consequences of innate immune receptor polymorphisms

Richardson, Susan

Profile

Hospital for Sick Children Pediatric Labroatory Medicine; Microbiology

Respiratory syncytial virus in the development of infant wheezing disorders: a bench to bedside approach to gene-virus interactions

Ries, Nola

Profile

University of Alberta; University of Edinburgh Law

Moving forward with birth cohort research in Canada: The legal and ethical foundations for the CHILD study ——- White Paper Series

Ritchie, Bruce

Profile

University of Alberta Hematology

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Ritz, Stacey

Profile

Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Laurentian University Medical Sciences

Cardiopulmonary consequences of air pollution in a murine model of allergic asthma ——- Environmental Affects on Allergic Airway Disease

Rola-Pleszczynski, Marek

Profile

Université de Sherbrooke Pediatrics

TLR function in human neonates

Rowe, Brian

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University of Alberta Emergency Medicine

Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis REgistry (C-CARE) ——- Metabolomics ——- Non-invasive diagnosis: Metabolics for the various phenotypes of asthma (formerly: Diagnosing the Various Phenotypes of Asthma: The Use of Urine NMR) ——- Urine NMR-based Metabolomics for Asthma Diagnosis —— Urine Metabolomics Analysis for Asthma Diagnosis

Safavi, Mohsen

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University of British Columbia Pharmaceutical Sciences

The Platform for Outcomes Research and Translation in Asthma and Allergy (PORTAL) —— Strengthening the Case for Ongoing Reduction of Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution (SCORE-TRAP)

Sandford, Andrew

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University of British Columbia Medicine; Genetics

Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy ——- CHILD Executive Meeting Workshop in Toronto ——- Development of a Microarray Genotyping Chip for Clinical Trials ——- Environmental impact, inflammation and the role of IL-13 receptor a2 ——- Functional genetics in allergy ——- Functional TSLP genomics in vitro and ex vivo: human epithelial cell production of TSLP in relation to asthma development ——- Genome wide association study of allergy and asthma in the Canadian Asthma Primary Prevention Study (CAPPS) and the Study of Allergy Genes and Environment (SAGE) ——- Genome-wide Association Results ——- Identification of genetic predictors of peanut allergy ——- Mini-CHILD: AllerChip – Development, Validation and Implementation of a Microarray Genotyping Tool for Allergy and Asthma Research ——- Respiratory syncytial virus in the development of infant wheezing disorders: a bench to bedside approach to gene-virus interactions ——- The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study ——- Validation of genetic associations in asthma and allergy in Canadian families —— Project 500