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FARE Clinical Network Centers of Distinction

FARE Clinical Network Centers of Distinction

Note: if you would like to learn more about any of these centers, please contact FCN@foodallergy.org

Data Coordination Center

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Primary Investigator
Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD
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Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, oversees the FARE Clinical Network’s Data Coordination Center. A collaborative endeavor with Westat, the FARE Data Coordination Center supports the design, development, execution, monitoring and analysis of clinical research studies, including clinical trials to evaluate promising therapeutics and approaches for food allergy treatment and prevention.

Jonathan Spergel

Biobank and Biomarker Discovery Center

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Primary Investigator
Amal Assa'ad, MD
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Amal Assa’ad, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, serves as Principal Investigator of the FARE Clinical Network’s Biobank and Biomarker Discovery Center, the first and only biobank dedicated to food allergy. The FARE Biobank is responsible for the acquisition, processing, storage and distribution of biospecimens for FARE Clinical Network research.

Amal Assaad

Discovery Centers

Boston FARE Clinical Network

MGH Brigham

Primary Investigator
Wayne Shreffler, MD, PhD
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Research Interests:

Allergen-specific immunotherapy (OIT, SLIT, SCIT)
Eczema and atopic dermatitis
EoE and FPIES

Boston Children’s Hospital

Primary Investigator
Rima Rachid, MD
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Research Interests:

Allergen-specific immunotherapy (OIT, SLIT, SCIT)
Gut and skin microbiome and barrier integrity
EoE and FPIES
Biomarkers and diagnostics
Psychosocial implications
Healthcare disparities
Epidemiology
Immune modulatory drugs

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Midwest Allergy Research Initiative

The University of Chicago

Primary Investigator
Christina Ciaccio, MD, MS
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Research Interests:

Gut and skin microbiome and barrier integrity

NorthShore University HealthSystem

Primary Investigator
Giselle Mosnaim, MD, MS
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Research Interests:

Allergen-specific immunotherapy (OIT, SLIT, SCIT)
Gut and skin microbiome and barrier integrity
EoE and FPIES
Biomarkers and diagnostics
Psychosocial implications
Healthcare disparities
Immune modulatory drugs

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Primary Investigator
Abigail Lang, MD
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Research Interests:

Allergen-specific immunotherapy (OIT, SLIT, SCIT)
Biomarkers and diagnostics
Immune modulatory drugs

Rush University

Primary Investigator
Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, MD
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University of Illinois at Chicago

Primary Investigator
Andrea Pappalardo, MD
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Research Interests:

Psychosocial implications
Healthcare disparities

Southeast Michigan Food Allergy Collaborative

Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Research Center, University of Michigan

Primary Investigator
Nicholas Lukacs, PhD
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Research Interests:

Biomarkers and diagnostics
Gut and skin microbiome and barrier integrity
Immune modulatory drugs

Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Michigan

Primary Investigator
Ian Slack, MD
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Research Interests:

Allergen specific Immunotherapy (OIT, SLIT, SCIT)
EoE and FPIES
Epidemiology

Henry Ford Health System Center for Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Research

Primary Investigator
Haejin Kim, MD
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Stanford University, Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research

The Food Allergy Collaborative of Tennessee & Virginia, FACTV

The Food Allergy Collaborative of Texas and Arkansas, FACTA

Arkansas Children’s Research Institute

Primary Investigator
Amy Scurlock, MD
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Research Interests:

Eczema and atopic dermatitis
EoE and FPIES

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Primary Investigator
Drew Bird, MD
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Research Interests:

Allergen-specific immunotherapy (OIT, SLIT, SCIT)
Gut and skin microbiome and barrier integrity
EoE and FPIES
Biomarkers and diagnostics
Psychosocial implications
Immune modulatory drugs

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Pediatric Allergy Immunology

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Clinical Research Centers

Baylor College of Medicine

Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

Children’s Mercy Hospital

Children’s National Hospital

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Dell Children’s Medical Center

Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Mayo Clinic

National Jewish Health

Northwell Health

Pediatric Allergy, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone

Phoenix Children's Hospital

University of Arizona

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California San Diego

University of Rochester

University of South Florida, Pediatrics (St. Petersburg)

University of South Florida (Tampa)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Clinical Care Centers

Allergy & Asthma Medical Group of the Bay Area

Allergy & Immunology Care Center of South Florida

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Indiana University School of Medicine-Riley Hospital for Children

Loyola University Medical Center

UBMD Pediatrics, Division of Allergy/Immunology

University of Miami

Yale University

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