Airways 2009

New! AllerGen's Fall edition of HQP Airways newsletter.

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AllerGen KT Tool

DOWNLOAD AllerGen Knowledge Translation Tool for Allergic Disease Researchers.

AllerGen Trainee Awards

NEW! AllerGen has just launched two trainee opportunities. The CAIDATI Awards and the Clinician Scientist Fellowship.

Annual Report 2008-2009

AllerGen is pleased to announce the 2008-2009 Annual Report is now available online in English and French.

CHILD Newsletter

NEW! CHILD newsletter Dec 2009

International HQP Exchange

AllerGen and the Centre for Allergy of the Karolinska Institutet (KI) will each make available HQP exchange awards. AllerGen's Highly Qualified Personnel will have the chance to to be associated with a KI research project in Sweden, and vice versa.

Research Fellowships

AllerGen and partners award $153,850 for Research Fellowships that promote allergic and immune disease research.

Travel Policy

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Upcoming Events

AllerGen NCE Inc.

AllerGen's Research Showcase

AllerGen's Fifth Annual Research Conference Program in English and French

February 7-9, 2010, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City.

Book accommodation

Response to Chatelaine

NEW! AllerGen's letter of support to Anaphylaxis Canada in response to recent Chatelaine article 'It's just Nuts' .

AllerGen awards $11 million in research funds

AllerGen recently awarded $11 million to fund asthma and allergy research. These newly funded research projects will be supported to 2012 towards preventing, controlling or elimintating allergic and related immune diseases.

Lung Health Outcomes

AllerGen and CIHR have collaborated to investigate the link between the mucosal immune response in the lung and respiratory tract and disease outcomes.AllerGen Investigator Dr. Teresa To, Department Head, Population Health Sciences at Hospital for Sick Children, has received the Eminent Scientist of the Year 2008 North America award in Pediatrics and Community Health Research from the International Research Promotion Council. Dr. To's article Relative Risk and Modifiable Population Attributable Risks for Asthma was recently printed in the Recent Advances Research Updates December 2008 edition.

Genapha Web Resource

The Genapha website allows for easy dissemination of research results and with the aid of graphical animations, the Genapha website engages the public in issues such as the genetics of asthma/allergy, genetic testing, and pharmacogenetics. Please visit http://genapha.icapture.ubc.ca/ for more information and try out the new software, please contact DDaley@mrl.ubc.ca if you have problems with the tools.

Newsletters NEW!

Winter editions of the internal and external newsletters Agenda and ReAction

Network Newsletter March 2009

Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) newsletter Airways 2009

Fast Facts

AllerGen's fast facts have been updated.