Food Allergy: The Cutting Edge

KEYNOTE SESSION

This talks looks at the exciting discoveries being made in food allergy reseach that are starting to change the way we look at this modern epidemic.

Seminar Date & Time: Saturday 22nd May, 12.00 - 12.45

Speaker: Dr Adam Fox, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital

Full Synopsis:

Food Allergy appears to be getting more and more common with 6-8% of UK children now affected. This talk looks at the exciting discoveries being made in food allergy research that are starting to change the way we look at this modern epidemic.

Adam Fox is one of the UK’s few specialist Paediatric Allergists and is a consultant at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals, London - the Europe’s largest specialist children’s allergy centre. Adam sees hundreds of children with severe allergies every year in his NHS and private practise. He is also actively involved in research, particularly in the area of food allergy and desensitisation, and has published numerous scientific papers. He was named ‘Paediatric Allergist of the Year’ by the charity Allergy UK in 2007 and acts as an advisor to Babycentre, Advertising Standards Agency, the Anaphylaxis Campaign, Allergy UK, Annabel Karmel and Dorling Kindersley as well as lecturing around the world. He can be contacted through his website www.adamfox.co.uk