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- About FAAN’s
Research Program
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- Background
- As the global leader in patient
advocacy for food allergy, the Food
Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network’s
(FAAN) research program builds on our
well-established track record of
achievements. For more than 15 years,
FAAN has been leading efforts in food
allergy education, advocacy, and
awareness. Over that time, we have
spoken with, or written to, tens of
thousands of families with food
allergy. Our unique perspective and our
extensive contacts in the scientific
research community uniquely position
us to lead this new research
effort.
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- Following our guiding principle
that ‘we are all in this together,’ FAAN’s research program brings together
scientists, patients, foundations, and industry and
government representatives to advance
research that will improve the quality
of life for patients, and guide us to
find a cure for food allergy. Our
integrated approach includes consulting
with experts and helping shape research
ideas and programs around the world.
Our fast-track grant review process
ensures that scientific studies will
begin quickly.
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- Advancing Research
- FAAN provides research funding to
scientists throughout the world to
advance innovative research projects
that show the most promise, and to
attract new scientists into the field
of allergy and immunology. Our program
fosters collaboration among our
colleagues in the government, medical
groups, foundations, and the food industry.
Working collaboratively with all
stakeholders, FAAN can leverage
research dollars to maximize efforts,
speed up research, track and report
findings, assess needs, and develop
future research goals and
objectives.
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- FAAN’s research program brings
together scientists to discuss what is
known, what needs to be done, and what
we need to do to get there. FAAN’s
research program accomplishes the
following:
- Combines education, awareness, and
advocacy to increase government and
private funding for research
- Brings together multidisciplinary
groups to address key issues
- Helps chart the course for future
research
- Stimulates partnerships between
scientists and funders
- Provides a fast track review and
funding for upcoming research
- Informs donors of research
activities
- FAAN awards grants to support the
research activities of qualified
researchers. FAAN’s Research Advisory
Board (RAB), which is comprised of
distinguished leaders in the medical
and business communities, provides
oversight for the implementation of
FAAN’s mission, goals, and
objectives.
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- Research Priorities
- Before you can solve a problem, you
must understand it. FAAN’s prevalence
studies have taken the lead on understanding the scope of the food allergy
problem in the United States; FAAN’s
quality of life study was the first to
document the impact of food allergy on
a family, and it has spurred several other
studies that will give scientists and
policymakers a better understanding of
the impact of this condition on the
patient and the family. Many questions
remain, including:
- What is the psychological impact on
children at various stages of
life?
- Why is food allergy increasing, and
what can be done to halt the
trend?
- How can we prevent food allergy
from developing?
- Why do some people develop food
allergies while others do not?
- What mechanism(s) causes severe
reactions in some individuals but only
mild reactions in others?
- Why are teens at highest risk for
severe or fatal reactions?
- Which specific proteins in food
cause the allergy?
- Are there treatment therapies that
can help prevent or reduce the severity
of reactions?
- What treatment options, besides an
injection of epinephrine, might
work?
FAAN’s research priorities,
developed from our long-term knowledge
of the needs of individuals with food
allergies and the questions scientists are
trying to answer, include the following
areas:
- Epidemiology
- What is the size of the problem?
Who is affected?
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- Etiology
- What causes food
allergy?
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- Treatment
- How can we avoid or control
anaphylactic reactions?
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- Prevention
- How can we stop food allergy
from developing?
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- Research Advisory Board
(RAB)
- The RAB directs FAAN’s research
program agenda, reviews grant proposals
and research study results, and
oversees the grant award process. The
members of the RAB are as follows:
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- Allan Bock, M.D.
- Staff physician
- National Jewish Medical and
Research Center
- Private practice, Boulder, Colo.
- United States
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- David Bunning
- Former FAAN Board Member
- The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis
Network
- Lake Forest, Ill.
- Unites States
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- Jonathan Hourihane, M.D.
- Assistant Director
- WellcomeTrust Clinical Research
Facility
- Southampton University Hospitals
NHS Trust
- Southampton
- United Kingdom
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- John Yunginger, M.D.
- Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics
and Medicine
- Mayo Graduate School of
Medicine
- Rochester, Minn.
- United States
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- Robert Zeiger, M.D., Ph.D.
- Director of Allergy Research
- Kaiser Permanente
- Clinical Professor of Pediatrics,
UCSD
- San Diego, Calif.
- United States
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- To learn more about FAAN’s grant
opportunities, including the targeted
research areas, how to apply for a
grant, and to access a grant
application and guidelines,
click here.
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