Allergy Academy 14th Anniversary Food Allergy Study Day

Friday 28th May 2021

Programme

09:00
Welcome and Registration
 First SessionModern views on the allergy epidemic    (Chair: Dr Tom Marrs)        
09:00-09:10
Welcome and Introduction
Dr Tom Marrs
Consultant Paediatric Allergist
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
09:10-09:40
Can milk avoidance prevent cow's milk allergy?
Professor Mitsuyoshi Urashima
Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan 
09:40-10:10
Can milk introduction prevent cow's milk allergy? 
Dr Tetsuhiro Sakihara
Department of Paediatrics, Heartlife Hospital, Japan
10:10-10:45
Is it time to start initiating specific oral immunotherapy in infants?
Dr David Luyt
Consultant Paediatric Allergist, University Hospitals of Leicester
10:45-11:15
Break
Second SessionCurrent Challenges          Chair: Dr Nick Makwana, Consultant Paediatrician, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
11:15-11:45
How should we manage services to rectify inequalities? 
Dr Nicola Jay & Dr Sibel Somnez-Ajtai

Consultant Paediatrician in Allergy, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 
11:45-12:20
Adapting and improving allergy care within COVID-distanced context
Dr Helen Brough
Paediatric Allergy Consultant
Dr Ru-Xin Foong/Dr Erika Harnik Paediatric Allergy Trainees
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
 
12:20-13:00
Lunch
 Third SessionKeynote Insight Food Session     Chair Dr Tom Marrs
13:00-14:00
Keynote Lecture; Emerging themes in food allergy from the States
Professor Matthew Greenhawt
Associate Professor in Paediatric Allergy & mmunology, Director of Food Challenge Research Unit, Childrens Hospital Colorado
14:00-14:45
If you only read 5 papers this year...
Professor Adam Fox
BSACI President and Consultant Paediatric Allergist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 
14:45-15:00
Break
Fourth Session
Tailoring Treatments to Patients     Chair: Dr Nicola Jay 
15:00-15:30
Tailoring food allergy immunotherapy modality choices for individual patients
Dr Marta Krawiec
Paediatric Allergy Consultant
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
15:30-16:00
Making decisions with families
Ms Mary Jane Marchisotto
Lead Patient Advocate for EAACI task force
16:00-16:20
Question Panel on Tailoring care for families 
Ms Mary Jane Marchisotto, Dr Marta Krawiecz, and Dr Nicola Jay 
 16:20-16:30
Close of study day