Grant recipients for 2024
25 September 2024:
It is 10 years since the Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA) started awarding research grants. AIFA has awarded over $790,000 in grants to support 46 research projects.
The Chair of AIFA, Dr Melanie Wong, announced the recipients of the AIFA grants for 2024 at the ASCIA Conference Gala Dinner in Adelaide on 5 September 2024.
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AIFA Professor Ann Kupa Food Allergy Research Grant of $20,000 was awarded to Dr Jacqueline Loprete at St Vincent's Hospital, NSW, for “Rapid Omalizumab and Peanut Immunotherapy in Adults with Peanut Allergy: OPAL 2”. |
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AIFA DBV Technologies Food Allergy Research Grant of $15,000 was awarded to Dr Tim Brettig at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), for “The safety and acceptability of a low dose multi-nut oral immunotherapy randomized controlled trial in young children (LMNOP Pilot study)”. |
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AIFA Early Career and New Researcher Grants (Allergy) of $10,000 were awarded to: |
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Ms Kayla Parker, MCRI, for “Early life tree nut IgE sensitisation patterns among infants with peanut allergy and the tolerability of tree nut ingestion”. |
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Dr Shaymaviswanathan Karnaneedi, James Cook University, for “Identification of relevant allergens in alternative food proteins from insects utilizing in vitro and in vivo diagnostic approaches”. |
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AIFA Early Career and New Researcher Grants (Autoimmunity/Inborn Errors of Immunity) of $10,000 were awarded to: |
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Dr Etienne Masle-Farquhar, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, for “Revealing the B cell-intrinsic effects of pathogenic KMT2D mutations in Kabuki syndrome (KS) and Cold Agglutinin Disease (CAD)”. |
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Dr Isabelle Bosi, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Children’s Hospital Westmead, for “Screening for genetic immune disorders using newborn genetic testing”. |
Congratulations to all the successful Chief Investigators and their teams.
Thank you to our donors and sponsors for making it possible for AIFA to fund a total of $75,000 in research grants for 2024. Thank you also to our expert grant selection panel of clinical immunology/allergy specialists who volunteer their time to review the applications.
We have come a long way since 2014 and invite you to be a part of building the future of immunology and allergy research in Australia and New Zealand. Help us to achieve our goal of awarding a total of more than $1 million in grants by 2026.
Donate or sponsor a named grant at https://www.allergyimmunology.org.au/donate
