NACE researchers present latest allergy findings at EAACI Congress 2025

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - 12:00 PM

National Allergy Centre of Excellence (NACE) members have presented cutting-edge allergy research at the EAACI Congress 2025 in Glasgow this week, a premier global forum for allergy and clinical immunology.

Dr Sara Barnes, Drug Allergy Stream Advisory Group member, presented a flash talk on findings from the ACCELERATE Peanut Study, showcasing safety data for a promising new peanut allergy treatment.

Dr Tim Brettig (below), NACE Postdoctoral Fellow and Food Allergy Stream member, presented a flash talk with results on early oral food challenge outcomes from the ADAPT Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Program. Dr Brettig also won the EAACI 2025 Beat Allergy Walk & Run, finishing 10km in 38 minutes.

Qing Chong, Food Allergy Stream member, presented an oral session on research exploring how the skin microbiome is linked to eczema, food sensitisation, and aeroallergen sensitivity.

Professor Janet Davies, BioRepository and Discovery Pillar Lead and Co-chair of the Respiratory Allergy Stream Advisory Group, gave two flash talks – Holographic sensing reveals sub-daily patterns of wet deposition and refines temporal resolution of grass pollen aerobiology; and Automated pollen sensing by holography in the Southern Hemisphere: insights and future directions.

Sahel Heidari, Food Allergy Stream member, shared findings in a thematic poster session on allergen distribution in Blue Swimmer Crab and its implications for shellfish allergy diagnostics.

Dr Saeidah Hajighasemi (below), BioRepository and Discovery Pillar Postdoctoral Fellow and Respiratory Allergy Stream member, presented an oral abstract to introduce a novel pollen aerosolisation system for studying inflammation in airway epithelia from allergic patients.

Dr Paxton Loke, Food Allergy Stream Advisory Group member, delivered an oral abstract on peanut consumption patterns in patients with allergy remission versus desensitisation three years after oral immunotherapy.

Dr Shweta Mhatre, NACE Postgraduate Scholar and Insect Allergy Stream member, gave a flash talk reviewing the utility of the basophil activation test in assessing venom immunotherapy efficacy.

Sasha Odoi (below), Food Allergy Stream member, presented a flash talk on a validated algorithm for classifying infant food allergy.

Associate Professor Debbie Palmer, Co-chair of the Food Stream Advisory Group, delivered an oral abstract presentation demonstrating how infant feeding guidelines are reducing egg and peanut allergies in children.

Kayla Parker, Food Allergy Stream member, presented a thematic poster session assessing agreement between skin prick tests and specific IgE for common food allergens in infants.

Associate Professor Rachel Peters, NACE Epidemiology Lead and Food Allergy Stream Advisory Group member, highlighted new longitudinal data from the HealthNuts Study and advances in allergy diagnostics in a sponsored symposium.

Associate Professor Kristina Rueter, Food Allergy Stream Advisory Group member, delivered a flash talk on the SYMBA-3 Study examining the effect of prebiotic supplementation in pregnancy on childhood allergy outcomes.

Professor Hugh Sampson (below centre), NACE International Scientific Advisory Board Chair, received the 2025 EAACI Clinical Fellow Award, recognising more than 40 years of NIH-funded research and over 600 publications.

The NACE also received prestigious, international recognition as an EAACI Advanced Research Centre. The certification acknowledges the NACE’s exemplary standards and dedication to improving quality of healthcare, allergy research and education.

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