Allergy Academy Food Immunotherapy Seminar
Programme
Chair: Dr Helen Brough, Consultant and Head of Service for Paediatric Allergy, Evelina London | ||
13:00 - 13:10 | Welcome | Dr Helen Brough, Consultant in and Head of Service for Paediatric Allergy, Evelina London |
13:10 - 13:45 | The place of intervention in food allergy | Professor Jonathan Hourihane, Dublin, Ireland |
13:45 - 14:20 | Tolerance induction mechanisms for food immunotherapy; role of antigen specific B-cells | Professor Mübeccel Akdis, Swiss Institute of Asthma and Allergy Research, Davos, Switzerland |
14:20 - 15:00 | Safe oral immunotherapy in practice | Dr Nandinee Patel, Imperial College London |
15:00 – 15:30 | BREAK | |
15:30 – 16:00 | Spotlight on Canada; Innovation and Challenges | Assistant Clinical Professor Douglas Mack, McMaster University, Canada |
16:00 – 16:30 | Early reflections from a UK food immunotherapy clinic | Professor Adam Fox, Evelina London |
16:30 – 17:00 | OIT and ‘Add on’ adjuncts under investigation | Professor George du Toit, Evelina & King’s College London |
17:00 | FINISH | |