Oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a relatively new approach to treating food allergies that exposes allergic patients to gradually increased doses of an allergenic food to desensitize their immune systems. While OIT can be safely used to treat the majority of …
Allergic reactions frequent in children undergoing milk oral immunotherapy Read More »
AllerGen investigator Dr. Moshe Ben-Shoshan (Montreal Children’s Hospital) has been awarded a four-year, $336,000 CIHR Project Grant to explore adverse reactions to antibiotics among children. His project aims to determine how often these adverse reactions—typically seen in the form of …
Dr. Moshe Ben-Shoshan funded to study children’s allergies to antibiotics Read More »
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of an AllerGen supporter and friend, Mr. Donald Green, on Monday, February 18, 2019. Mr. Green was a member of AllerGen’s Board of Directors and Chair of its Budget and …
New research from the CHILD Cohort Study sheds some light on the importance of the infant’s mouth as a source of breastmilk bacteria. The idea that breastmilk has a microbiome—a community of bacteria living within it—is relatively new and has …
Breastmilk microbiome linked to method of feeding Read More »
In a knowledge translation video prepared for AllerGen’s HQP Video Competition, AllerGen trainees Laura Feldman and Natasha Gray, in collaboration with their colleague Dresden Glockler-Lauf, provide an introduction to public health surveillance and describe how it is being used by …
HQP video describes public health surveillance of asthma in Ontario Read More »
A study led by AllerGen investigator Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj and published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) in September 2018, is the journal’s top article for 2018 in terms of media coverage. The study used data from CHILD Study …
CHILD microbiome paper is CMAJ‘s top article for 2018 media coverage Read More »
A new C-CARE study is shedding light on “anaphylaxis due to an unknown trigger” (AUT), a medical condition about which surprisingly little is known. The study, published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, followed nearly 4,000 …
Suboptimal, inconsistent treatment for anaphylaxis when the cause is unknown Read More »
The Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI) has chosen AllerGen Research Leader Dr. Jean Marshall to receive its top honour—the Bernhard Cinader Award for “distinguished scientific leadership and accomplishments in immunology.” The CSI bestows the award annually upon a Canadian immunologist …
Dr. Jean Marshall recognized for “distinguished scientific leadership” Read More »
AllerGen trainee Dr. Kozeta Miliku, MD, PhD, has been offered two postdoctoral fellowships to support her CHILD-based research into the relationship between breastfeeding and lung health. Dr. Miliku has accepted a one-year Breathing as One Research Fellowship from the Canadian …
Trainee awarded two fellowships for CHILD research Read More »
Dr. Frances Silverman, Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, and world-renowned expert on the health effects of air pollutants and the role they play in the development of inflammation, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at her home …
AllerGen colleagues bid a fond farewell to Dr. Frances Silverman Read More »
On December 6, 2018, the federal government of Canada announced that the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program—the program that has supported AllerGen since 2005—will be phased-out over the next several years. “The NCE has been a ground-breaking program …
Asthma Canada and AllerGen are pleased to announce the 2018-2019 Asthma Canada / AllerGen Graduate Student Research Award recipients within Asthma Canada’s National Research Program. L to R: Xiaoshu Cao (University of Toronto), Ryan Huff (The University of British Columbia), …
Graduate Student Research Awards continue to support exceptional students Read More »