Food Allergy

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition – San Francisco, CA

Scott Sicherer, M.D., coordinating committee representative for AAP

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting – Phoenix, AZ

Matthew Fenton, Ph.D., coordinating committee representative for NIAID

American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting – New Orleans, LA

Matthew Fenton, Ph.D., coordinating committee representative for NIAID; Lawrence Eichenfield, M.D., coordinating committee representative for AAD, expert panel member

European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Meeting – Venice, Italy

Matthew Fenton, Ph.D., coordinating committee representative for NIAID

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting  – San Francisco, CA

Marshal Plaut, M.D., coordinating committee representative for NIAID (moderator); Hugh Sampson, M.D., coordinating committee representative for AAAAI, expert panel member; Robert Wood, M.D., expert panel member; Barbara Yawn, M.D., M.P.H., expert panel member

American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference International Conference – Denver, CO

Matthew Fenton, Ph.D., coordinating committee representative for NIAID; Monica Kraft, M.D., expert panel member

Society for Pediatric Dermatology (SPD) Annual Meeting – Baltimore, MD

Matthew Fenton, Ph.D., and Marshall Plaut, M.D., coordinating committee representatives for NIAID

American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Annual Scientific Meeting – Washington, DC

• Meeting of panel of food allergy experts
• Requested by Congress because food allergy is a growing public health concern
• Expert panel reported on current NIH funding for food allergy research
• Report of the NIH Expert Panel on Food Allergy Research (2006)

• Co-organized by American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network; NIAID
• Decided to develop clinical practice guidelines
• NIAID will be lead at NIH in developing the guidelines

• Initial meeting of guidelines coordinating committee
• Approved members for the expert panel
• Approved the method that will be used to develop the guidelines
• Developed questions the literature review will answer
• Discussed the process that will be used to accept and review public comments about the guidelines
• Read the topics for the literature review
• See the coordinating committee members

• RAND Corporation awarded contract to conduct literature review and ranking
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• Initial meeting of expert panel
• See the expert panel members

• Literature review and ranking completed
• Report presented to coordinating committee and expert panel
• View or read the literature review

• Draft guidelines prepared

• Meeting of the coordinating committee

• Public comment period open

• Meeting of the expert panel

• Final guidelines approved

• Complete guidelines released
• Summary of the guidelines released

• Patient-friendly summary of guidelines released