Commentary by AllerGen Research Leaders Drs Allan Becker (Professor and Head, Section of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba) and Susan Elliott (Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo) is …

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Dr. Nicole Letourneau, a researcher within AllerGen’s Gene-Environment Interactions, and Patients, Policy and Public Health Enabling Platforms, has been named “one of four Alberta change agents for health ” by Alberta Health Services (AHS) and is featured on the cover …

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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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Today’s Parent magazine (May 2015) provides a food allergy research “checkup” in its article “The Good News on Food Allergies.” In the article, researchers from AllerGen’s Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study and the Canadian Food Allergy Strategic Team …

Today’s Parent predicts “new hope for kids with serious food allergies” Read more »

A new study emerging from AllerGen’s Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study has revealed an association between sensitivity to allergens and exposure to traffic-related air pollution during infancy. The study, “Perinatal Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Atopy at …

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