Allergy experts to share latest findings at ASCIA Conference in Brisbane

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Sunday, August 24, 2025 - 12:00 PM

Australia’s leading allergy researchers and clinicians will present their findings and drive discussions on drug, food, insect and respiratory allergic disease at the 35^th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) in Brisbane from 2 to 5 September 2025.

The ASCIA 2025 Conference program includes current allergy and clinical immunology issues and research findings, which will be presented by more than 60 speakers, including international guests:

• A/Prof Edwin Kim, UNC School of Medicine Pediatrics
• Prof Rosan Meyer, SBSKidsNutrition LtD

A/Prof Kim visited Murdoch Children's Research Institute on Friday 29 August where he heard a number of National Allergy Centre of Excellence(NACE) members present their latest work.

NACE Leadership Group members are also presenting and chairing sessions across the week:

Dr Michael O’Sullivan

• 8:30am – 9:30am, Tuesday 2 September: Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA) Research Symposium (Chair)
• 11:45am – 12:00pm, Wednesday 3 September: Insights from the EPIC and ERNIE Trials (Presentation)

Prof Sheryl van Nunen and Dr Troy Wanandy

• 1:30pm – 2:30pm, Tuesday 2 September: NACE Hot Publications (Chair)

A/Prof Jennifer Koplin

• 9:00am – 10:30am, Wednesday 3 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium 1: International Highlights (Chair)

A/Prof Debbie Palmer

• 9:00am – 10:30am, Wednesday 3 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium 1: International Highlights (Chair)

Prof Kirsten Perrett

• 9:00am – 9:10am, Wednesday 3 September: CFAR Welcome (Presentation)
• 11:00am – 12:30pm, Wednesday 3 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium 2: Australian Insights (Chair)
• 4:45pm – 4:55pm, Wednesday 3 September: Update on ADAPT OIT Program (Presentation)

Prof Dianne Campbell

• 4:30pm – 6pm, Wednesday 3 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Treatment Symposium 3 – From Clinical Trials to Clinical Practice (Chair)

Prof Connie Katelaris

• 11:20am – 11:40am, Thursday 4 September: NSAID and paracetamol allergy (presentation)

NACE Hot Publications - 1.30 - 2.30pm, Tuesday 2 September

Congratulations to those who have been selected to present their work at the inaugural ASCIA Conference NACE Hot Publications sessions chaired by Prof Sheryl van Nunen and Dr Troy Wanandy.

• Chia-Lun (Natalie) Chang: Early-life protein-bound skin ceramides help predict the development of atopic dermatitis

• Elise Mitri: Direct oral challenge for low-risk penicillin allergy: the iNAAN Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial

• Yichao Wang (presented by A/Prof Rachel Peters): Prevalence and sociodemographic variation of allergic diseases in Australia: findings from the Australian National Health Survey 

• Rani Scott-Farmer: From pilot to practice (a scoping review): Embedding shared care models in allergy across Australian healthcare settings

• Sophie Rosser: Systematic review and meta-analysis of oral immunotherapy effect on food allergy-related quality of life

• Dr Tim Brettig: Developing a standardised national model of care for treatment of peanut allergy in infants: The ADAPT Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Program

• Dr Kylie Gwynne (presented by Lisa Gamble): Consumer involvement enhances allergy research: A National Allergy Centre of Excellence Consumer Engagement Framework

CFAR Hot Publications, 2.30 - 4pm, Wednesday 3 September

Finally, congratulations to those who have been selected to present their work at the ASCIA Conference CFAR Hot Publications session chaired by A/Profs Alice Lee and Jane Peake on Wednesday 3 September.

• Dr Kathryn Dawes: Gummy shark is tolerated by children with IgE-mediated bony fish allergy

• Dr Sarah Ashley: Allergen-Specific IgE is a Stronger Predictor of Remission Following Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Than Age in Children Aged 1-10

• Dr Shaymaviswavnathan Karnaneedi: Shrimp allergy – Distinct allergen sensitization profiles between intercontinental cohorts

• Summer Walker: Infant diet recommendations reduce IgE-mediated egg, peanut and cow's milk allergies

• Emily Jerry: Thermal stress alters the allergen and proteome profile of the redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadicarinatus)

• Dr Desalagen Markos Shifti: Mapping the burden and risk factors of allergic diseases and asthma among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a scoping review

• Sahel Heidari: Advances in Shellfish Allergy Therapy: From Current Approaches to Future Strategies

• Sophie Hughes: Concentration of food allergens in breastmilk and association with maternal factors– a systematic review

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