Allergy experts to present latest research at national ASCIA Conference

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024 - 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 34^th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) in Adelaide from 3 to 6 September 2024.

The ASCIA 2024 Conference program includes current allergy and clinical immunology issues and research findings, which will be presented by more than 60 speakers, including international guests:

• Prof Matthew Greenhawt, of the Children’s Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Prof Alexandra Santos, Professor of Paediatric Allergy at King’s College London and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Allergy at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital
• Dr Philippe Eigenmann, head of Pediatric Allergy at the University Hospitals of Geneva Switzerland.

A number of National Allergy Centre of Excellence (NACE) Leadership Group members are also presenting and chairing sessions:

Dr Michael O’Sullivan

NACE Food Allergy Stream Co-chair (Perth Children’s Hospital)

• 10:30am – 12:10pm, Tuesday 3 September: Clinical Grand Rounds, Session 1 (Chair)

Prof Kirsten Perrett

NACE Director and Allergy Research Pillar Lead (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)

• 9 – 10am, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Global Insights (Chair)
• 11am – 12:30pm, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Australian Insights (Panellist)
  • 11:55am – 12:05pm, Wednesday 4 September: The ADAPT OIT Program: a new national model of care for infants with peanut allergy (Presentation)
• 4:30 – 6pm, Thursday 5 September: Vaccine Allergy Symposium: Adverse events and COVID-19 vaccination: What have we learnt about vaccine allergy and immunology? (Chair)

A/Prof Jennifer Koplin

NACE Evidence and Translation Pillar Lead (The University of Queensland)

• 9 – 10am, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Global Insights (Chair)
• 3:30 – 5pm, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Food Allergy in Adolescents and Young Adults – Issues and Solutions (Panellist)
  • 3:45 – 4pm, Wednesday 4 September: Psychosocial aspects (Presentation)

A/Prof Debbie Palmer

NACE Food Allergy Stream Co-chair (Kids Research Institute of Australia)

• 11am – 12:30pm, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Australian Insights (Panellist)
  • 11:15 – 11:35am, Wednesday 4 September: Prebiotics and food allergy prevention: The SYMBA trial (Presentation)
• 1:30 – 3pm, Wednesday 4 September: CFAR Hot Publications (Chair)

Prof Dianne Campbell

NACE Training and Innovation Pillar Lead (Children’s Hospital Westmead)

• 3:30 – 5pm, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Food Allergy in Adolescents and Young Adults – Issues and Solutions (Chair)

Lisa Gamble

NACE Consumer Advisory Group Co-chair

• 4.30pm - 5pm, Wednesday 4 September: ASCIA CFAR Food Allergy Symposium: Food Allergy in Adolescents and Young Adults – Issues and Solutions (Panellist)

Prof Jason Trubiano

NACE Drug Allergy Stream Co-chair (Austin Health)

• 9 – 10:30am, Thursday 5 September: Drug Allergy Symposium (Chair)

Prof Michaela Lucas

NACE Drug Allergy Stream Co-chair (University of Western Australia)

• 9 – 10:30am, Thursday 5 September: Drug Allergy Symposium (Panellist)
  • 9:20 – 9:40am, Thursday 5 September: Antibiotic de-labelling in children and adults: the WA experience (Presentation)

Prof Sheryl van Nunen OAM

NACE Insect Allergy Stream Co-chair (The University of Sydney)

• 11am – 12:30pm, Thursday 5 September: Insect and Respiratory Allergy Symposium (Chair)

Prof Janet Davies

NACE Repository and Discovery Pillar Lead and Respiratory Allergy Stream Co-chair (Queensland University of Technology)

• 11am – 12:30pm, Thursday 5 September: Insect and Respiratory Allergy Symposium (Chair)

Dr Sandra Vale

NACE Leadership Group (National Allergy Council CEO)

• 11.45am -12.00pm Friday 6 September: Food allergen management in long day care: What do we know? (Presentation)

• 2.30pm - 2.50pm, Friday 6 September: Transition of patients with allergic diseases (Presentation)

Centre for Food Allergy Research 

If you are interested in food allergy, don’t miss the sessions involving the Centre for Food Allergy Research (CFAR) Chief and Associate Investigators:

• Prof Kirsten Perrett (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
• A/Prof Jennifer Koplin (The University of Queensland)
• Prof Dianne Campbell (Children’s Hospital Westmead)
• A/Prof Debbie Palmer (Telethon Kids Institute)
• A/Prof Rachel Peters (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
• Dr Peter Hsu (Children’s Hospital Westmead)
• Dr Jovanka King (Women’s and Children's Hospital)
• Dr Vicki McWilliam (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
• Dr Melanie Neeland (Murdoch Children's Research Institute)
• Dr Merryn Netting (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute)
• Dr Michael O’Sullivan (Perth Children’s Hospital)

Finally, congratulations to those who have been selected to present their work at the ASCIA Conference CFAR Hot Publications session chaired by A/Prof Debbie Palmer and Dr Vicki McWilliam on Wednesday 4 September.

• A/Prof Rachel Peters (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
• Dr Andrew Fong (Western Sydney University)
• Dr Diego Lopez (University of Melbourne)
• Dr Desalegn Markos Shifti (University of Queensland)
• Ms Emily Jerry (James Cook University)
• Dr Melanie Lloyd (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
• Dr Shaymaviswanathan Karnaneedi (James Cook University)
• Ms Kayla Parker (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
• Dr Paxton Loke (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
• Dr Tim Brettig (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
• Dr Catherine Lai (The University of Sydney)

For all the details, please download the ASCIA 2024 Conference Program Book.