If you know a young person (14-26y) with food allergy, please share this new study with them. The RiskED study aims to understand how living with a food allergy may impact behaviors and attitudes around eating. Study team: Daniela Ciciulla, APD, CEDC Dr Vicki McWilliam A/Prof Jen Koplin

A decrease in peanut specific IgE and specific IgG4 and Ara h 2 over time were associated with natural resolution of peanut allergy in a third of children by age 10 years according to study published in EAACI Headquarters. Read more here ⬇️ healio.com/news/allergy-a…

Beyond Australia, childhood food allergies seem to be on the rise around the world. Jennifer Koplin + Desalegn Markos Shifti (@UQ_news) share where the research is up to. theconversation.com/were-the-aller…

Changes in antibody levels may predict outgrowing of #peanutallergies in children. Changes in levels over time showed which children were more likely to outgrow their peanut allergy. Read more here⬇️ healio.com/news/allergy-a…

An estimated 1 in 10 Australian children develop a food allergy in their first 12 months of life. So why are food allergies so common in Australia? #UQ's A/Prof Jennifer Koplin & Dr Desalegn Markos Shifti discuss via the The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand bit.ly/4bXQpCj

Allergic disease affects 40% of school-aged children in Australia and 45% of food allergies among infants persist until age 10 years, according to a study published in JACI In Practice. Read more here ⬇️ healio.com/news/allergy-a…

Commonality of child food allergies highlight importance of prevention and treatment. Among 10-year-old children in Australia, 40% had a current allergic disease and one third had multiple #allergies according to new study in JACI In Practice. ⬇️ healio.com/news/allergy-a…

Longitudinal peanut and Ara h 2 specific-IgE, -IgG4, and -IgG4/-IgE ratios are associated with the natural resolution of peanut allergy in childhood. First author: Kayla M. Parker; corresponding author: Rachel Peters Read the article here: doi.org/10.1111/all.16… 34% of infants

Great to be part of the international panel discussing equity in food allergy prevention #2024SAEFA Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)

📢Our latest publication! Having #milk or #egg_allergy is associated with significantly increased odds of also having #peanut_allergy at age 1 year. authors.elsevier.com/a/1jU8D7tEbbQt… Centre for Food Allergy Research Child Health Research Centre UQ Medicine UQ News #A/Professor_Jennifer_Koplin

MCRI Clinician-Scientist Fellow Dr Vicki McWilliam spoke with Nuts For Life, The Healthy Handful #podcast, about theories behind #Australia’s high #allergy rates & ways to help prevent #allergies from developing | Dr Vicki McWilliam National Allergy Centre of Excellence Centre for Food Allergy Research nutsforlife.com.au/resource/episo…

Australia first to introduce national #peanut OIT program. ADAPT OIT builds peanut tolerance in babies with daily dosing of peanut powder administered by caregivers at home. Children will follow a daily peanut powder dosing schedule for 2 years. healio.com/news/allergy-a…

Have a listen to Dr Dr Vicki McWilliam discuss the latest research on food allergy prevention and management, and how findings from #HealthNuts has helped shaped this.

#ASCIA2024 | Our Hot Pubs presenters 📸 A/Prof Debbie Palmer (chair), Dr Shay Karnaneedi, Dr Paxton Loke, Dr Andrew Fong, Dr Desalegn Markos Shifti, PhD, Emily Jerry, Dr Diego J Lopez, A/Prof Rachel Peters, Dr Tim Brettig, Kayla Parker, Dr Melanie Lloyd + Dr Catherine Lai, Dr Dr Vicki McWilliam (chair)

In work led by Dr Hannah Walker (hannah walker) and out today in Clinical & Translational Immunology, we describe the burden and risk factors for post-haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) lung disease in a cohort of Australian children (1/4). doi.org/10.1002/cti2.7…

Calling postgraduates and early-mid career researchers interested in showcasing your Australian #foodallergy #research to the world! Round 2 CFAR3 Travel Grants are now open with up to $4000 avail. for each successful applicant. Apply before 14 Oct ➡️ cfar.org.au/research/trave…

Read the insightful EDITORIAL by Drs. Koplin, Shifti, and Peters about the article “Trends of peanut-induced anaphylaxis rates before and after the 2017 early peanut introduction guidelines in Montreal, Canada ” published in the September issue buff.ly/3XvBt8Y