Articles from Food Allergy Fund

Today at the Food Allergy Fund Summit in New York City, Wade Shen, Director of Proactive Health at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), shared the agency’s strategic priorities for advancing research and innovation to prevent, mitigate, and delay diseases, including food allergies and other urgent health challenges. He encouraged the event’s attendees and the larger research community to engage with the agency as it helps to accelerate work on food allergies.  

The Food Allergy Fund (FAF) is launching an engaging new Public Service Announcement (PSA) to empower kids and raise awareness about food allergies during Food Allergy Awareness Month this May. The PSA will debut across Nickelodeon’s platforms from May 1-31, and features Emmy Award-winning culinary social media sensation Tiny Chef (The Tiny Chef Show, produced by Imagine Entertainment and Nickelodeon Animation) alongside content creator Merrick Hanna, who has food allergies. This fast-growing disease affects 1 in 13 children and 1 in 10 adults in the U.S.

With food allergies affecting 33 million Americans and causing a life-threatening reaction every three minutes, the Food Allergy Fund (FAF) is launching its inaugural Food Allergy Research Week from April 28-30 in New York City to drive support and accelerate breakthroughs in prevention and treatment ahead of Food Allergy Awareness Month, which begins May 1.

The Food Allergy Fund (FAF), the leading nonprofit that funds food allergy research, has marked a significant milestone in the field: a first-ever Food Allergy Research Roadmap. This roadmap is designed to accelerate medical discovery and development progress within the next five years, and it's the most comprehensive tool the food allergy community has ever had. FAF brought together an exclusive working group of renowned scientists and allergists to identify the root causes of food allergies and focus on cutting-edge approaches to prevent, treat, and cure the disease.