Atopic Dermatitis affects up to 20% of children, yet there is no gold standard for evaluation; prompting us to develop a picture-based, Infant Validated Investigator Global Assessment scale for AD (vIGA-AD) scorecard that focuses on diverse skin tones,” said Dr. Waheeda Samady of CFAAR. Read the full Healio article: https://bit.ly/4bIfcK2
Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research (CFAAR)
Research Services
Chicago, Illinois 680 followers
Food Allergy and Asthma Research Center focused on public health, clinical research and community/school outreach
About us
The Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research (CFAAR), part of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, aims to find answers and shape policies surrounding food allergy, asthma and other allergic conditions. Led by Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, CFAAR is comprised of three interdisciplinary and collaborative research cores: 1.) Public Health Data Repository Core, 2.) Clinical Research Core and 3.) Community/School Outreach Core. These cores are led by experts in the fields of epidemiology, health services research, health behavior, patient care, and advocacy seeking to make meaningful improvements in the health of children, adults, and families living with allergic disease.
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https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cfaar/
External link for Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research (CFAAR)
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2019
- Specialties
- Research, Food Allergy, Asthma, and Allergy-related Conditions
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750 N. Lake Shore Dr. #680
Chicago, Illinois 60611, US
Employees at Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research (CFAAR)
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Christopher Warren PhD
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine and Director of Population Health Research at Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research (CFAAR)
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Eileen Vincent, MS, RDN
Assistant Director, Clinical Nutrition Research, Feinberg School of Medicine; Research Dietitian at Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research
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Pamela Newmark
Research Project Manager at Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine
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Sarah Valaika
Early Childhood Development Specialist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Updates
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CFAAR hosted its second annual Global Food Allergy Prevention Summit in Chicago this month, drawing clinicians and researchers from around the globe to strategize the future of food allergy prevention research. This year’s summit, held from June 30th to July 2nd, expanded its focus by offering three distinct sections: The Pediatric Food Allergy Care Conference (PFACC), The Summit for Advancing Equity in Food Allergy (SAEFA), and GFAPS workshops. The growth in #GFAPS was due to the overwhelmingly positive response to last year’s event, with participants eager to maximize the summit’s unique collaborative structure. Attendees travelled from as far as India, Australia, and England to participate in the event, offering their perspectives as allergists, pediatric care providers, researchers, industry partners, and patient advocates. Read the full press release here: https://bit.ly/4cCFYVA
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Founder, President, Volunteer Exec Director of FOODiversity. Focus on health equity, with a special interest in the intersection of food insecurity and food allergy/celiac. Views are my own.
Big thanks to the Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research (CFAAR) team and Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH leading this collective effort to improve patient health outcomes and QoL. Was wonderful to collaborate with colleagues and meet many others dedicated to this work. Feeding Community Health #healthequity #prevention
FOODiversity spent June 29-July 2 in Chicago attending 2 CFAAR conferences: Summit for Advancing Equity in Food Allergy (#SAEFA) and the Global Food Allergy Prevention Summit (#GFAPS). We were joined by clinicians, researchers, scientists, key thought leaders, and industry partners to focus on strategies that reduce barriers in food allergy patient care. Researchers shared about the critical need to deliver information, about the feeding guidelines for early introduction of allergens, to parents of infants. During the "Nonprofit Advocacy Updates and Patient Perspectives" panel, FOODiversity described our programs that expedite food and education resources to patients who otherwise lack access. In the Poster presentation, FOODiversity was honored to present, with Attane Health, our program findings related to addressing food insecurity in the food allergy population. Feeding Community Health - FOODiversity's joint program with AllergyStrong - was highlighted as a key strategy to involve community stakeholders, e.g. healthcare systems, community-based organizations and schools, to further increase protections for people with food allergies. Many thanks to Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research (CFAAR) for organizing and hosting these important conversations. #foodallergies #foodinsecurity #SafeFOODsCostMore #access #education #earlyintroduction #healthequity
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Thank you to all who participated in our GFAPS/PFACC/SAEFA conference weekend! We were thrilled to welcome expert speakers, panelists, industry sponsors, and attendees to share their valuable insights on food allergy prevention. We are beyond grateful for everyone who helped make our CFAAR conference weekend such a huge success. 💜 #2024PFACC #2024SAEFA #2024GFAPS #cfaartogether
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🎉 Huge congratulations to Rohan Jain, Rosie Newmark, and Aayushya Agarwal on graduating with their bachelor’s degrees from Northwestern University last weekend! Let’s celebrate their parents & CFAAR staff, Dr. Ruchi Gupta, Pamela Newmark, and Reema Agarwal, for their unwavering support. 💜 🎓 #NorthwesternGrads #GoWildcats #ClassOf2024
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Congratulations to Madeleine Kanaley, MPH, Elizabeth Folger, MS and Aarthi Kottapalli, MPH, our CFAAR staff members who graduated with their masters degrees from Northwestern University! We are so proud of you all! Please join us in congratulating them on this amazing achievement! 💜🎓
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CFAAR is growing! Join our dynamic, mission-driven, and highly collaborative team, we have a variety of research positions open! Don't miss the opportunity to help move the dial forward in food allergy and asthma research! Browse our open positions here: https://bit.ly/3xdCuJt #CFAARtogether
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Calling all undergraduate, graduate students, residents, junior faculty, researchers, and industry partners to submit poster abstracts for 2024 GFAPS/PFACC/SAEFA! The deadline has been extended for ONE MORE WEEK. This is an excellent opportunity to present your work and research! *All accepted abstracts will receive FREE meeting registration! Simultaneous submissions and previously submitted abstracts are accepted. The deadline is now June 14th at 12pm CT. GFAPS/PFACC/SAEFA will run concurrently June 30th-July 2nd, 2024! We hope you’ll join us in Chicago! Submit your abstract here: https://bit.ly/3Xf7MdM
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Congratulations🎉 to 2 of our CFAAR team members who were recently accepted into Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine! We are so proud of you and we want to congratulate you both on this amazing achievement! On behalf of the entire team at CFAAR we wish you all the best in the future! #cfaartogether
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New teammate alert- please welcome Emily Olsen! Emily joins the CFAAR team as a full-time Research Data Analyst Associate. Previously, she has contributed to the field of Alzheimer’s research and breast cancer research. She’ll be a REDCap specialist for the CANDO research study. CFAAR is so excited to have Emily join the team! #CFAARtogether
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