Global Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis – GAFA 2025 Project Overview
GAFA 2025 Project goals
This scientific GAFA 2025 – the Global Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Forum – project addresses critical aspects of food allergies and anaphylaxis, from innovative diagnostic approaches (CRD and oral food challenges) to treatment strategies (including immunotherapy and biologics), while focusing on socio-economic burden, prevention, and community-level management. The program aims to establish standardized protocols and guidelines through the ANACARE working group, covering everything from proper diagnosis at primary care level to the latest regulatory challenges, with special attention to patient care pathways and the psychological impact on patients and caregivers.
Leadership Team – Chairs
Prof. Dr. Antonella Muraro
ANACARE CORE Leader
Padua, Italy
Prof. Dr. h.c. Graham Roberts
Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust
United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. h.c. Hugh Sampson
Emeritus Director; Jaffe Food Allergy Institute Department of Pediatrics; Box 1089 – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York City
New York, USA
Prof. Dr. Margitta Worm
Allergie-Centrum-Charité
Charité – Universitätsmedizin
Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. h.c. Torsten Zuberbier
Global Allergy and Asthma Excellence Network President
Berlin Germany
Scientific committee
The GAFA Scientific Committee is comprised of KOL in the field of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis. Covering Europe and the United States, our Faculty have assessed the needs of HCPs in regard to unmet needs and how to update knowledge.
Prof. Dr. h.c. Torsten Zuberbier
Global Allergy and Asthma Excellence Network President
Allergie-Centrum-Charité
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Antonella Muraro
ANACARE CORE Leader
University of Padua
Head of Food Allergy Department, Italy
Prof. Dr. Margitta Worm
Allergie-Centrum-Charité
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Graham Roberts
Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust,
United Kingdom
Prof. Guillaume Poussels
Department of Pediatrics, Roubaix Hospital,
Pneumology and Allergy Department, Children’s hospital, Lille University Hospital, Lille – France
Prof. Dr. Montserrat Fernandez -Rivas
Hospital ClÃnico San Carlos, Servicio de Alergia,
Madrid, Spain
Prof. Dr. med. Kirsten Beyer
Leader of the paediatric allergology
study centre/senior consultant
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Prof. Hugh Sampson
Emeritus Director; Jaffe Food Allergy Institute Department of Pediatrics; Box 1089 – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York City, New York, USA
Prof. Carina Venter
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Colorado Denver, USA
Prof. Ruchi Gupta
Institute for Public Health and Medicine,
Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
Prof. Timothy Dribin
Children’s Hospital Cincinnati, USA
Prof. Aikaterini Anagnostou
Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine Texas, USA
Prof. Lucy Bilaver
Associate Professor
Northwestern University Feinberg School
of Medicine Chicago, IL- USA
Prof. Susanne Halken
Hans Christian Andersen Children’s Hospital Odense University Hospital, Denmark
Prof. Debra De Silva
Professor of Public Health
Head The Evidence Centre Ltd UK
Prof. Ronald van Ree
Department of Experimental Immunology and Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Amsterdam University Medical Centers,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Prof. Peter Smith
Griffith University, Southport, Queensland,
Australia
Prof. Paul Turner
National Heart & Lung Institute
Imperial College London
London UK
Prof. Stephen Tilles
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle WA USA
Prof. Sharon Chinthrajah
Director, Sean N Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research – Stanford University, Stanford, CA(USA
Confirmed FACULTY
| Katherine | Anagnostou | USA |
| Stefania | Arasi | Italy |
| Domingo | Barber Hernández | Spain |
| Kirsten | Beyer | Germany |
| Lucy A. | Bilaver | USA |
| Roberta | Bonaguro | Italy |
| Helen | Brough | UK |
| Sharon Rebecca | Chinthrajah | USA |
| Adnan | Custovic | UK |
| Debra | De Silva | UK |
| Timothy E. | Dribrin | USA |
| Motohiro | Ebisawa | Japan |
| Joanna Hanneke Oude | Elberink | The Netherlands |
| Vanesa | Esteban | Spain |
| Alessandro G. | Fiocchi | Italy |
| David M. | Fleischer | USA |
| Sara | Fontanella | UK |
| Mattia | Giovannini | Italy |
| Josephine | Gradman | Denmark |
| Ruchi S. | Gupta | USA |
| Susanne | Halken | Denmark |
| Gideon | Lack | UK |
| Francesca | Mori | Italy |
| Giulia | Mormando | Italy |
| Antonella Maria | Muraro | Italy |
| Caroline | Nilsson | Sweden |
| Nandinee | Patel | UK |
| Alessandra | Pizziol | Italy |
| Guillaume | Pouessel | France |
| Rima | Rachid | USA |
| Graham Colin | Roberts | UK |
| Pablo | Rodriguez – Del Rio | Spain |
| Hugh | Sampson | USA |
| Peter K. | Smith | Australia |
| Stephen | Tilles | Usa |
| Alice | Toniolo | Italy |
| Anna C. | Undeman Asarnoj | Sweden |
| Carina | Venter | USA |
| Julie | Wang | USA |
| Doug | Mack | Canada |
| Margitta M. C. | Worm | Germany |
| Torsten | Zuberbier | Germany |
PATIENT’S ORGANIZATIONS
| Marcia | Podestà | European Federation of Asthmatic and Allergic Patients – EFA |
| Jennifer | Gerdts | Executive Director Food Allergy Canada National patient organization |
| Mary Jane | Marchisotto | Principal – MJM Advisory, LLC – New York, USA |
GA²FA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
| Prof. Dr. Antonella ANACARE Core Leader University of Padua Head of Food Allergy Department | Muraro | Padua |
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
| Dr. Antonella | Muraro | Food Allergy Referral Centre, Department of Women and Children Health, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy |
| Dr. Roberta | Bonaguro | |
| Dr. Francesca | Lazzarotto | |
| Dr. Beatrice | Serra | |
| Dr. Alice | Toniolo |
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
- Via U. Giordano, 55 – 90144 Palermo
- Mobile: +39 335 1276 715
- Web: www.collage-spa.it
- E-mail: giusy.ventura@collage-spa.it
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