18th Food Allergy Study Day 2025
Programme
Please note, this programme is provisional and is subject to change.
9.00-09.15 | Registration | |
09.15-09.30 | Welcome and Introductions | Dr Tom Marrs, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Director of the Allergy Academy |
09.30-10.00 | If you only read 5 papers on Food Allergy this year | Prof Adam Fox, BSACI Ex-President and Paediatric Allergy Consultant, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital |
10.00-10:30 | Investigating eosinophilic oesophagitis: Is it time for the new string theory? | Dr Efrem Eren, Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Immunology and Allergy, Southampton University Hospital |
| 10.30-11:00
| The next new peanut allergy treatment: are you VIRAL? | Prof Mohamed Shamji, Head of the Immunomodulation and Tolerance Group, Imperial College London |
11.00-11.30 | Break | |
11.30-12.00 | From field to factory to service: Competence and cracks in food allergen management | Hazel Gowland, expert trainer and researcher in allergy risks |
12:00-12:30 | Migration and working across the unknown | Dr Sara Abdelgalil, Consultant Paediatrician and Allergy Clinic Lead, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital |
12.30-13.30 | Lunch | |
13.30-13.45 | Taking over care: from child to adult | Dr Claudia Gore, Paediatric Allergy Consultant, St Mary’s Hospital |
13.45-14.00 | Patient Voice |
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14.00-14.15 | Key principles of the transition process | Dr Claudia Gore, Paediatric Allergy Consultant, St Mary’s Hospital |
14.15-14.30 | Living with food allergies - Sex, Drugs and Rock'n Roll | Dr Anjali Rampersad, Paediatric Allergy Consultant, UCLH |
14.30-15.00 | Why do young people die from anaphylaxis? | Prof Paul Turner, Paediatric Allergy Consultant and Clinical Professor in Anaphylaxis, Paediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology; St Mary’s Hospital/National Heart and Lung Institute |
15.00-15.15 | Break | |
15.15-15.35 | Goals of immunotherapy and transition | Dr Nandinee Patel, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, St Mary’s Hospital |
15.35-16.05 | What maintaining food immunotherapy can mean for young people and adults | Dr Natasha Gunawardana, Consultant in Adult Allergy, Addenbrooke’s Hospital |
16.05-16.30 | Can we identify sustained unresponsiveness in practice? | Professor Paul Turner, Paediatric Allergy Consultant and Clinical Professor in Anaphylaxis, Paediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology; St Mary’s Hospital/National Heart and Lung Institute
Dr Nandinee Patel, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, St Mary’s Hospital |
16.30-17.00 | Cases for considering transition in food immunotherapy services | Hannah Hunter, Specialist Allergy Dietitian, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust |
17.00 | Review and close | |