Legacy Project
Research Leaders:
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| Dr. Ann Clarke, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary | Dr. Susan J. Elliott, Professor, Geography & Environmental Management, Waterloo University | Dr. Jean Marshall, Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University |
Strategic Focus:
This highly innovative, nationally-networked approach to food allergy and anaphylaxis research is contributing to our understanding of the origins, causes, prevalence and treatment of food allergy and informing the development of improved clinical management strategies and public health measures.
CanFAST Publications
CanFAST’s National Food Allergy Strategy (NFASt) initiative
AllerGen Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Refereed Publications
Canadian food allergy prevalence reference: English
AllerGen Food Allergy Resources
Projects:
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Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis REgistry (C-CARE) (Success Stories profile) |
2010 - 2012 |
Ben-Shoshan, Moshe; Chad, Zave; Clarke, Ann; Joseph, Lawrence; La Vieille, Sebastien; Rowe, Brian; Waserman, Susan |
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Disease Management: Canadian peanut thresholds study |
2012 - 2016 |
Jordana, Manel; Marrin, Andrea; Vadas, Peter; Waserman, Susan; Watson, Wade |
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Disease Modulation Clinical Tolerance Study (Annual Report story: Oral immunotherapy holds promise for milk allergic children) |
2012 - 2016 |
Ben-Shoshan, Moshe; Carr, Stuart; Mazer, Bruce; Piccirillo, Ciriaco; Waserman, Susan; Watson, Wade |
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Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of Statutory and Regulatory Based Policies for Anaphylaxis Risk Reduction |
2007 - 2009 |
Butler, Janice; Cicutto, Lisa; Clarke, Ann; Elliott, Susan; Harada, Laurie; McGhan, Shawna; Stark, Don; Van DerLeek, Timothy; Waserman, Susan |
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Functional consequences of innate immune receptor polymorphisms |
2005 - 2006 |
Gordon, John; Greer, Wenda; Kapur, Sandy; Lacuesta, Gena; Lin, Tong-Jun; Marshall, Jean; Rex, Greg; Watson, Wade |
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Identification of genetic predictors of peanut allergy (Success Stories profile) |
2007 - 2009 |
Clarke, Ann; Gordon, John; HayGlass, Kent; Jordana, Manel; Lacy, Paige; Laprise, Catherine; Marshall, Jean; McNagny, Kelly; Sandford, Andrew; Simons, Estelle; Waserman, Susan |
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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 |
2005 - 2006 |
Clarke, Ann; Elliott, Susan; Joseph, Lawrence; Kagan, Rhoda |
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Knowledge Mobilization Cafe Scientifique on the top of allergies (food and drug) |
2012 - 2013 |
Mazer, Bruce; Turvey, Stuart |
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Predicting Peanut Allergy (Success Stories profile) |
2005 - 2006 |
Clarke, Ann; HayGlass, Kent; Jordana, Manel; Simons, Estelle; Waserman, Susan |
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Preventing Severe reactions – Preclinical Studies |
2012 - 2016 |
Befus, Dean; Cockcroft, Don; Davis, Beth; Gordon, John; Jordana, Manel |
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SPAACE Surveying Prevalence of food Allergies in All Canadian Environments Success Stories article |
2009 - 2012 |
Allen, Mary; Clarke, Ann; Dubois, Sheila; Dubord, Diane; Elliott, Susan; Godefroy, Samuel; Harada, Laurie; Joseph, Lawrence; Salminen, John; Sicherer, Scott; Wilson, Kathi |
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Strategies for enhancing tolerance induction: Preclinical studies and CHILD linked project development |
2012 - 2016 |
Bienenstock, John; Gordon, John; Jordana, Manel; Marshall, Jean; McNagny, Kelly; Scott, Jeremy; Subbarao, Padmaja |
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Surveying Canadians to Assess the Prevalence of Common Food Allergies and Attitudes towards Food Labelling and Risk (SCAAALAR) (Success Stories profile) |
2007 - 2009 |
Clarke, Ann; Elliott, Susan; Joseph, Lawrence; Sicherer, Scott |
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Surveying the Prevalence of food Allergy in All Canadian Environments -Trends Over Time (SPAACE to SPAACE) |
2012 - 2016 |
Ben-Shoshan, Moshe; Clarke, Ann; Elliott, Susan; Joseph, Lawrence; La Vieille, Sebastien; Wilson, Kathi |
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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) |
2007 - 2009 |
Allen, Marilyn; Allen, Mary; Cicutto, Lisa; Clarke, Ann; Dufresne, Claire; Elliott, Susan; Harada, Laurie; Joseph, Lawrence; Kagan, Rhoda; Stewart, Miriam; Waserman, Susan |
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Tolerance induction and threshold studies to peanut allergen: relevance to consumer exposure to baked goods |
2010 - 2012 |
Gordon, John |
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Tolerance induction and threshold studies to peanut allergen: relevance to consumer exposure to baked goods |
2010 - 2012 |
Marshall, Jean; Webb, John |
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A Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis Registry (C-CARE) (Success Stories profiles: 2014 & 2016) |
2012 - 2016 |
Becker, Allan; Ben-Shoshan, Moshe; Chan, Edmond; Clarke, Ann; Delaney, Scott; Doan, Quynh; Eisman, Harley; Gravel, Jocelyn; Joseph, Lawrence; La Vieille, Sebastien; Lachaine, Collette; Moisan, Jocelyn; Morris, Judy; Porter, Robert; Waserman, Susan; O’Keefe, Andrew; Enarson, Paul; Lim, Rod |
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Canadian Group of Food Allergy Research (CanGoFAR) (Annual Report story) |
2007 - 2009 |
Allen, Mary; Bienenstock, John; Forsythe, Paul; Freitag, Andreas; Gordon, John; Harada, Laurie; Jordana, Manel; Lacy, Paige; Marshall, Jean; McNagny, Kelly; Scott, Jeremy; Vadas, Peter; Vijay, Hari; Waserman, Susan; Watson, Wade; Bienenstock, John; Clarke, Ann; Forsythe, Paul; Freitag, Andreas; Gordon, John; Harada, Laurie; Jordana, Manel; Lacy, Paige; Laprise, Catherine; Marrin, Andrea; Marshall, Jean; McCoy, Kathy; McNagny, Kelly; Scott, Jeremy; Vadas, Peter; Vijay, Hari; Waserman, Susan; Watson, Wade |
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Causes and Prevention: Identifying the genetic basis of peanut allergy (Success Stories profile) |
2012 - 2016 |
Becker, Allan; Ben-Shoshan, Moshe; Chan, Edmond; Clarke, Ann; Daley, Denise; Greenwood, Celia; Hourihane, Jonathan; Hull, Peter; Irvine, Alan; Koppelman, Gerard; Lee, Young-Ae; Sandford, Andrew; Archer, Stephen; Cheuk, Stephen; Hong, Xiumei; Jorgensen, Eric; Katrina, Allen; Marenholz, Ingo; Martino, David; Ormiston, Mark; van Ginkel, C. Dorian; Wang, Xiaobin |