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Division of Allergy Immunology News & Announcements
Displaying announcements from the past three years.
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Published on Sep 20, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP researchers are encouraging a holistic view to understand one of the most common childhood diseases.
Published on Aug 16, 2024 in Announcements
The Immunology and Infectious Disease Research Initiative was established as of July 1, 2024.
Published on Aug 6, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
The Immunology and Infectious Disease Research Initiative will serve as a launch pad for researchers from 20 CHOP divisions.
Published on Jul 17, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
Dr. Sarah Henrickson identified a newborn’s immunodeficiency in 2015, and an international team characterized the rare disease this year.
Published on Jul 5, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP experts look to improve young concussion patients’ outcomes and develop an image-based classification tool for retinopathy of prematurity.
Published on Jun 28, 2024 in Press Releases
The results of this clinical trial led to expanded FDA approval in January 2024.
Published on Jun 28, 2024 in Press Releases
This discovery could one day serve as the basis for a non-insulin based therapeutic.
Published on May 22, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
Meet the Award for Excellence in Mentoring Research Trainee recipients, honored for their exceptional support of up-and-coming scientists.
Published on Apr 26, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
News highlights this week include the Biomedical Technician Training Program recognition event, new COVID-19 outcomes research, and more.
Published on Mar 26, 2024 in Announcements
The hourly rates for flow cytometry and cell sorting services in the Flow Cytometry Core have been decreased.
Published on Mar 1, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s news roundup highlights a web-based tool that analyzes the dual genome nature of mitochondrial disease, a CHOP STAT Madness competitor, and more.
Published on Feb 26, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
Dr. Brad Lindell explains how the Junior Faculty Award allowed his lab to build a large multi-omics sepsis dataset that may help researchers identify novel proteomic signatures related to high-risk adverse events.
Published on Feb 2, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
Six CHOP researchers joined the Society for Pediatric Research, and CVAP presented at the Arab Health Exhibition. This and more in our news roundup.
Published on Aug 23, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Scientists suggest IgA “tunes” which microbes can cross mucosal barriers. Their findings may inform better treatments for IgA deficiency.
Published on Aug 8, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Two CHOP researchers receive the Individual Biomedical Research Award from the Hartwell Foundation, which will fund early-stage, innovative projects.
Published on Aug 4, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Find out how CHOP researchers create a valuable impact on children’s health in the PolicyLab 2023 Impact Report and more in this week’s research news roundup.
Published on Aug 3, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Our August Featured Research Trainee is Megha Lal, PhD, who investigates the mechanism of less common forms of food allergies such as eosinophilic esophagitis.
Published on May 17, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Terri Brown-Whitehorn, MD, a food allergy clinical researcher for over 25 years, values being part of research families’ lives and seeing firsthand the impact of her work.
Published on May 12, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Learn about a novel disorder caused by rare genetic variants, the importance of global neonatal outcomes, and more, in this week’s edition of In the News.
Published on May 10, 2023 in Press Releases
A new study involving CHOP researchers found that daily use of a “peanut patch” for one year was effective in desensitizing a majority of peanut-allergic toddlers.
Published on Mar 27, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
USIDNET will enhance its resources to improve the state of genetic diagnostics for patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases.
Published on Jan 6, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
See highlights of work by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers that is leading to novel findings.
Published on Dec 22, 2022 in Press Releases
A weekly dose of dupilumab, a monoclonal antibody, led to a reduction of symptoms and tissue improvement in young adults and adolescents with eosinophilic esophagitis.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Learn about novel findings and new grants from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers.
Published on Sep 28, 2022 in Press Releases
Researchers find that a first-of-its-kind program at CHOP can help children with food allergy-related anxiety reduce their fears and improve their quality of life.
Published on Sep 23, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
September's featured Faculty Spotlight scientist is Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD.
Published on Sep 6, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
The Featured Research Trainee for September is Jose Campos Duran, a 2022 HHMI Gilliam Fellow.
Published on Jun 2, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP and Penn researchers discussed the latest findings about the mechanisms of immunity at the CHOP Research Institute 2022 Scientific Symposium.
Published on May 25, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Elizabeth Bhoj, MD, PhD, and David Hill, MD, PhD, are recipients of a 2021 Individual Biomedical Research Award from The Hartwell Foundation.
Published on Mar 4, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Learn about novel findings and new funding from our Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers.
Published on Jan 5, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Researchers evaluated whether the standard treatment for a rare disease called agammaglobulinemia is cost-effective in the United States.
Published on Nov 26, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Learn about novel findings and new funding from our Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers.
Published on Oct 25, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Clinicians in the Food Allergy Center hope to expand the FARE Registry by encouraging individuals from diverse backgrounds to participate.
Published on Oct 12, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Our October Faculty Spotlight, Dr. Sarah Henrickson, is fascinated by the common threads between common inflammatory diseases.
Published on Aug 12, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Meet this year’s CHOP-RISES scholars, who engaged in a unique hybrid curriculum involving hands-on work in our labs and virtual learning.
Published on May 21, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
The 2021 Distinguished Research Trainee Award recipients include trainees from a variety of levels and disciplines.
Published on Apr 30, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s news round-up highlights the CCMT’s state-of-the-art Clinical Manufacturing Facility
Published on Apr 13, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
In our fourth Faculty Spotlight, David Hill, MD, PhD, shares ongoing research in his lab, advice for aspiring scientists, and much more.
Published on Mar 17, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Researchers used deep immune profiling to better understand immune activation in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome.
Published on Dec 31, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
Our most engaging stories of 2020 highlight moments of positivity, hope, and inspiration in a year of challenge and change.
Published on Dec 4, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s roundup features CHOP’s participation in a multi-institutional MIS-C research study — the first to provide long-term outcome data.
Published on Aug 28, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
This week, we feature findings on the pandemic’s impact on mental health and asthma visits, a new high-risk tumor treatment, and more.
Published on Aug 20, 2020 in Press Releases
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia credits decrease in rhinovirus cases for the downward trend.
Published on Jun 24, 2020 in Press Releases
Antonella Ciaferoni, MD, PhD, presented about choosing the right treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis at the EAACI Annual Congress 2020.
Published on Jun 19, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
Study shows deep decline in number of pediatric patients visiting the emergency department for asthma treatment during first month of COVID-19 pandemic. This and more In the News.
Published on Jun 15, 2020 in Press Releases
Study by CHOP researchers has implications for those seeking to understand the drivers of asthma exacerbations.
Published on Jun 8, 2020 in Press Releases
Food Allergy Research & Education, the leading food allergy research organization, has named CHOP’s Food Allergy Center a Discovery Center of Distinction.
Published on May 8, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
PolicyLab model updates reveal weather is having a greater impact on the spread of COVID-19 than previously indicated. This and more In the News.
Published on Mar 13, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
In this roundup, read about a novel sepsis approach, a new consortium for rare genetic disorders and psychiatric conditions, and more.
Published on Mar 5, 2020 in Press Releases
Children with food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, or FPIES, have a higher chance of being diagnosed with other allergic conditions.
Published on Feb 4, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
The FDA approved the first-ever oral immunotherapy to treat peanut allergies.
Published on Dec 31, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
We peeked into the data to see which research stories captivated our readers the most in 2019: Here are the top five.
Published on Nov 15, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
This week “In The News,” our scientists and their groundbreaking research appear in Newsweek, Cell Reports, and Molecular Therapy.
Published on Sep 13, 2019 in Press Releases
Dr. Jonathan Spergel and patient speak with CBS News about this breakthrough treatment.
Published on May 29, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
The 2019 Scientific Symposium focused on the advances CHOP researchers have made in the booming area of genomics and data science.
Published on Apr 17, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
Sarah Henrickson, MD, PhD, receives new grant to uncover possible causes to immune system dysfunction in hard-to-treat obese asthmatics.
Published on Apr 11, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
Meet the four recipients of our 2019 Distinguished Research Trainee Awards at CHOP Research Institute.
Published on Jan 16, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
Clinician-scientists at CHOP and Penn leverage their collective brainpower to narrow down the toughest of these tough diagnoses.
Published on Oct 11, 2018 in Press Releases
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has named Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania as one of the newest sites of its Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN), awarding the two institutions $2.5 million in research grants
Published on Oct 5, 2018 in Cornerstone Blog
This week in the news, Hyundai fuels our childhood cancer research with Hope on Wheels and we congratulate the 2018 Silver Award recipient.
Published on Jun 25, 2018 in Cornerstone Blog
Findings from new study support more active screening of allergic children for eosinophilic esophagitis symptoms.
Published on Jun 18, 2018 in Cornerstone Blog
Drs. Jorge Henao-Mejia, Sarah Henrickson, and Elizabeth Bhoj received highly competitive awards for their game-changing research.
Published on Feb 23, 2018 in Cornerstone Blog
Stay in the know with our latest biweekly roundup of research headlines from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute.
Published on Feb 6, 2018 in Cornerstone Blog
In the midst of flu season, our researchers are learning about what might influence a child's immune response, such as past exposure, age, and severity.
Published on Jan 12, 2018 in Cornerstone Blog
It's a brand-new year for breakthroughs at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute. Here are the first headlines of 2018.
Published on Oct 20, 2017 in Cornerstone Blog
At Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, our investigators are continuously helping to develop evidence-based technology that will improve the way we care for and protect children's health.
Published on Oct 16, 2017 in Press Releases
CHOP congratulates Kathleen E. Sullivan, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology, who received the 2017 Boyle Scientific Achievement Award earlier this year from the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF).
Published on May 2, 2017 in Cornerstone Blog
If you're eager to learn and a creator of change - which pretty much covers everyone here at the Research Institute - then you'll want to know about what's happening at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting (PAS), the largest international meeting…
Published on Nov 11, 2016 in Cornerstone Blog
It has been a whirlwind week for most Americans, so if you need to break away from political news to catch up with your science news, you've come to the right place. This installment of In the News starts with an important study for patients with rare primary…
Published on Sep 20, 2016 in Cornerstone Blog
Most of us know that unlucky kid - and some of us were that unlucky kid - who was stuck with more allergies than the rest of the class, from peanuts and eggs to asthma and hay fever.
Published on Aug 26, 2016 in Cornerstone Blog
Welcome to another weekly roundup of research news from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia! This week's highlights are an alliterative array to close out the month of August, with a study linking asthma with other allergies and news on progress against arthritis…
Published on Jul 13, 2016 in Cornerstone Blog
Medical students have a classic rule of thumb on the subject of choosing their specialty: If you're undecided between obstetrics and pediatrics, the moment of truth will happen right after you deliver a baby for the first time.
Published on Dec 15, 2015 in Cornerstone Blog
Researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia wanted to determine how common it is for clinicians to actually see food allergies occur in patients with eczema by performing a blood test during infancy.