For Researchers

FAAN Research Grant Program

FAAN is accepting new applications for the 2010 competitive research grant cycle! Our program focuses on the Epidemiology, Etiology, Treatment, and Prevention of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis.

To apply, please go to https://proposalcentral.altum.com and follow the indications providing on how to submit a two-page “Letter of Intent.” The deadline for submission has been extended from the original date to June 21, 2010.

This grant program is open to investigators all over the world. Investigators in the United States must have an M.D. and/or Ph.D. Investigators outside the United States must have the equivalent. Competitive applicants have a proven track record of research experience.

One- to two-year grants are awarded in the range of $50,000-$150,000 annually.

For questions regarding research programs, eligibility, and policies, and terms and conditions, send an e-mail to FAAN’s director of research.

Research Grant Recipients

2009 Cycle

Stacie Jones, M.D.
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Tree nut-specific immunotherapy for people who have multiple tree nut allergies

David Holdford, M.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Examination of the economic impact of food allergy and anaphylaxis in the U.S.

2008 Cycle

Carlos Camargo, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Prospective study of vitamin D in cord blood and risk of food allergy

Simon Hogan, Ph.D.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Intestinal IL-9 and mast cells in food-induced anaphylaxis

Patrick Leung, Ph.D.
University of California-Davis
Mimotype vaccine against shrimp tropomyosin

Marc Rothenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
The role of CREB binding protein (CBP) in eosinophilic esophagitis (EE)

Xiaoping Zhong, M.D., Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Therapy for peanut-induced allergy and anaphylaxis

Daocheng Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.
Northwestern University - Evanston
Novel plant-human fusion proteins block peanut allergy

2007 Cycle

Kirsten Beyer, M.D.
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Primary prevention of hen’s egg allergy through early hen’s egg feeding

Mimi Tang, Ph.D.
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Probiotics and oral immunotherapy for the treatment of peanut allergy

Carla Bruijnzeel-Koomen, M.D., Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Clinical relevance of peanut epitope recognition by IgE/IgG4 in adults

Donata Vercelli, M.D.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona
Impact of genetic factors on the natural history of food sensitization

2006 Cycle

Ke Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
IgE-directed DNA vaccination for food (peanut) allergy immunotherapy

Marc Rothenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Molecular analysis of eosinophilic esophagitis

Randall Kopper, Ph.D.
Hendrix College
Reduction of peanut anaphylaxis by treatment with activated charcoal

Simon Brown, Ph.D.
University of Western Australia
Mediators of human anaphylaxis

2005 Cycle

Kirsten Beyer, M.D.
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Treatment of peanut allergy through specific oral tolerance induction

David Broide, M.B., Ch.B.
University of California, San Diego
Anti-Siglec F: A novel therapy for food allergy

Stephen Dreskin, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Peanut allergy: HLA and environment

Gideon Lack, M.D.
King’s College
In vitro evidence for cutaneous sensitization in peanut allergy

2004 Cycle

Wesley Burks, M.D.
Duke University
Oral peanut immunotherapy

Wyatt Decker, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
The epidemiology and prehospital care of anaphylaxis in Olmsted County, MN
(Special Strategic Initiatives Grant)

Fred Finkelman, M.D.
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Pathophysiology of local and systemic food allergy in a mouse model

Chris Kepley, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Development of a peanut allergy model system to test therapeutic compounds

Marc E. Rothenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Epidemiology and molecular classification of eosinophilic esophagitis (EE)

Research Grant Recipients


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