Dr. Paul O’Byrne, an AllerGen Research Leader, has been named the new Dean and Vice-President of the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. Dr. O’Byrne was selected after an international search for a leader with “imagination,” “boldness,” “impeccable credentials,” …
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New AllerGen research that aims to understand the effects of traffic pollution on the lungs has shown that two hours of exposure to diesel exhaust causes an enhanced allergic response in sensitized individuals, particularly in those who are genetically susceptible. …
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A new study by AllerGen investigators compared the views of parents of young children with asthma and adolescents with asthma on factors they perceived to be important in asthma control. The AllerGen-funded study, published in the November 2015 issue of …
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AllerGen will receive ongoing federal funding through the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program to continue its work in allergic disease research, training and innovation to 2019. “After a review by the NCE’s international expert panel on September 17, …
AllerGen investigator Dr. Richard Hegele has been appointed Vice-Dean, Research and Innovation, in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, for a five-year term beginning January 1, 2016. In his new role, Dr. Hegele will be responsible for oversight of the …
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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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“Imagine a crystal ball into early life, from the womb to 100 days after birth: imagine knowing how to set in motion a path to healthy living in families and communities. At McMaster we are creating this crystal ball through …
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Update: In January 2016, the CHILD Study video was awarded first place in this competition. The CHILD Study whiteboard video is one of 13 entrants in the 2015 CIHR-“IHDCYH Talks” Video Competition. For the entire month of November, 2015, the …
New research by a team of AllerGen investigators has found that 7.5 per cent of Canadians—7.7 per cent of adults and 6.9 per cent of children under 18 years of age—self-report having at least one food allergy. The estimates are …
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In celebration of his scholarship and creativity in the respiratory sciences, AllerGen investigator Dr. Peter David Paré will be presented the 2016 CIHR-ICRH-CTS Distinguished Lecturer in Respiratory Sciences award at the Canadian Respiratory Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April …
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Dr. Meghan Azad, a former AllerGen trainee turned Network investigator, is working to understand the early-life origins of health and disease. Using data collected from AllerGen’s CHILD Study, Dr. Azad’s research focuses in on how breastfeeding and breast milk composition …
New research using data from participants in the CHILD Study explores the impact on the infant gut microbiota of the use of maternal antibiotics during childbirth, and examines whether or not breastfeeding modifies these effects during the infant’s first year of …
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