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  • New evidence to help families know when to introduce solids and allergenic foods

    Introduction of peanuts and eggs before children turn one helps to prevent food allergy, a new global report has confirmed. The paper published in Pediatrics, is the first of its kind to compare all the existing evidence on introducing solids and allergenic foods. The research, led by Dr Victoria Soriano of the Murdoch Children’s Research […]

  • Prof Mimi Tang makes highly cited list

    Murdoch Children’s Research Institute’s Professor Mimi Tang is among this year’s most highly cited researchers in the world in the immunology field. The Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list from Clarivate celebrates researchers ranked in the top one per cent in the Web of Science citation index, which demonstrates significant influence in their research field. Professor Tang […]

  • CFAR awarded third NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence Grant

    The Centre for Food & Allergy Research (CFAR), hosted at the Murdoch Children’s Research Centre, has received $2.5 million in the latest grant round from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) announced by Federal Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney on 1 September. Associate Professor Kirsten Perrett said the CFAR Centre of Research Excellence aimed to reduce the […]

  • Allergy Organisations congratulate Mark Butler and Ged Kearney on appointments

    The National Allergy Strategy, a partnership between the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) and Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA), and the Centre for Food & Allergy Research (CFAR), would like to congratulate the Hon Mark Butler on his appointment as Minister for Health and Aged Care and the Hon Ged Kearney on […]

  • Croc meat may be unsafe for fish allergy sufferers 

     As Food Allergy Week approaches in Australia, researchers are warning people with a taste for crocodile that it could trigger dangerous reactions if they are allergic to fish.  Dr Thimo Ruethers, from James Cook University’s Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM) and Research Fellow in Human Health & Ageing at JCU’s Tropical Futures […]

  • Australia leading the world: Federal funding secured for allergy prevention and management 

     Wednesday March 30, 2022   Allergy experts have applauded the $26.9 million investment into allergy prevention and management announced in the Federal Government’s 2022 pre-election budget.  The funding will lead to the creation of two vital organisations, the National Allergy Council and National Allergy Centre of Excellence (NACE), that will work together to deliver world-leading initiatives […]

  • Statement: Research, clinical and consumer bodies welcome national allergy funding

    Friday May 6, 2022 On behalf of Australians living with allergic diseases, the National Allergy Strategy, a partnership between the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) and Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA), and the Centre for Food & Allergy Research (CFAR), we would like to thank the Federal Government for the $26.9 million […]