Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Since the completion of our successful APAAACI Allergy Week 2021, we have been working hard to build exciting new initiatives and create more enriching content on APAAACI TV. Our COVID-19 Task force continues to update resources and provide guidance to HCPs and the public. We are delighted to announce our new publication, in ALLERGY on Asia-Pacific perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic. We express our sincere gratitude to all our co-authors, contributors and our national member societies for their efforts in making this happen. We are also honoured that following our International Women’s Day (IWD) Webinar, the panellists were invited to contribute an Editorial on Women in Science and Medicine, in ALLERGY. |
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| APAAACI 2021 International Conference To Go Fully Virtual |
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We warmly welcome you to the fully virtual APAAACI 2021 International Conference from 15-17 October 2021. With a wonderful mix of outstanding international and regional faculty, and topic-specific sessions, both as live and on-demand sessions, the conference will provide an excellent combination of the latest advances in clinical, research and problem-based learning in allergy, asthma and clinical immunology.
As a key element of this virtual event, APAAACI is happy to announce an EDUCATIONAL GRANT PROGRAM available for qualified researchers, abstract submitters and clinicians to apply for.
We sincerely invite you to submit your abstracts. The deadline for abstract submissions is July 15th. We believe this will also give you the opportunity to receive the Educational Grant, and present your abstracts as either e-posters or oral presentations. |
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| Science At The Edge, Featuring Prof. Cezmi Akdis |
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We would like to bring to your attention APAAACI's latest initiative, Science at the Edge: Walk the Talk, hosted at our very own APAAACI TV.
In our first edition, Prof. Cezmi Akdis talks about his most recent publication on ‘Epithelial Barrier Hypothesis’ in Nature Reviews Immunology and his many discoveries in that space (interviewed by Prof Ruby Pawankar).
Watch this enriching and stimulating talk! |
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| APAAACI Publication Releases |
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Asia-Pacific perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected over ten millions of people globally since the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic on 11 March 2020. The Asia-Pacific is a diverse geographical region with different health care systems and levels of access to specialist services. This survey was commissioned by the Asia Pacific Association of Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI) Task Force on COVID-19 with the premise to understand the epidemiology, clinical profile (including severity and risk factors), therapeutics/access to clinical trials, impact on clinical immunology and allergy services/therapeutics, occupational health and mental well-being (supporting information S1, S2) of healthcare providers in the region. Watch Now | Read More Women in Science and Medicine Science and medicine know no barriers, no country, no language. They are universal tools for the benefit of humankind meant to be accessible to everyone, both men and women. As women physician scientists, we all have had our own journeys wanting to be part of science and medicine. Read More |
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| APAAACI Celebrates World Allergy Week 2021 |
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APAAACI celebrated World Allergy Week 2021 over various activities with its national member societies including participation on the Live Webinar. We are privileged to be a part of this integral week that addresses the importance and impact of severe allergies around the world especially anaphylaxis. |
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We have further developed the structure of our COVID-19 Resource Centre, the hub that hosts the latest news, publications, recommendations, and acknowledges the APAAACI COVID-19 task force who are working hard to keep our community informed on crucial first-hand news. View our Covid-19 Resource Centre now!
For more information, check out the: |
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| APAAACI Launches APAAACI MENA Allergy Webinar Series |
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With a significant growth over the past few years in the Asia Pacific region, APAAACI now embarks on another journey of sharing knowledge and educational activities in the MENA region. This journey will commence with a webinar series in 2021 with a vision to add more activities in the future. This milestone comes as part of the vision of APAAACI in offering motivational and inspirational learnings from global leaders to address the burden of allergic diseases. APAAACI MENA - Allergy Series 2021 is targeted for MENA Region Health Care Professionals to Update them on the Best Clinical Practices, the Cutting-Edge Science and Clinical innovations in Asthma, Allergy & Clinical Immunology. The webinar series which will cover several topics in the coming months kicks off with the first webinar on 2nd July focusing on the theme of Update of CRS and Airways Disease and the Environment. |
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| Highlights of the Allergy World |
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Pichler WJ. Allergy. 2021 May 26.
Pawankar R, Thong BY, Tiongco-Recto M, Wang JY, Abdul Latiff AH, Thien F, Oh JW, Kamchaisatian W, Rengganis I, Udwadia ZF, Dhar R, Munkhbayarlakh S, Narantsetseg L, Le Pham D, Leung TF, Zhang L. Allergy. 2021 May 4. doi: 10.1111/all.14894. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33948966.
Rutkowski K, Mirakian R, Till S, Rutkowski R, Wagner A. Clin Exp Allergy. 2021 Jun;51(6):770-777. doi: 10.1111/cea.13880. Epub 2021 Apr 14. PMID: 33813758.
Risma KA, Edwards KM, Hummell DS, Little FF, Norton AE, Stallings A, Wood RA, Milner JD. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Apr 20:S0091-6749(21)00565-0.
Lyons SA, Knulst AC, Burney PGJ, Fernandez-Rivas M, Ballmer-Weber BK, Barreales L, Bieli C, Clausen M, Dubakiene R, Fernandez-Perez C, Jedrzejczak-Czechowicz M, Kowalski ML, Kummeling I, Kralimarkova T, Mustakov TB, van Os-Medendorp H, Papadopoulos NG, Popov TA, Potts J, Versteeg SA,Xepapadaki P, Welsing PMJ, Mills C, van Ree R, Le TM. Allergy. 2021 May;76(5):1454-1462. doi: 10.1111/all.14583. Epub 2020 Sep 24. PMID: 32894581.
Castagnoli R, Lougaris V, Giardino G, Volpi S, Leonardi L, La Torre F, Federici S, Corrente S, Cinicola BL, Soresina A, Cancrini C, Marseglia GL, Cardinale F; Immunology Task Force of the Italian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (SIAIP). World Allergy Organ J. 2021 Feb 22;14(2):100513.
Castillo-González R, Cibrian D, Sánchez-Madrid F. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Nov 28:S0091-6749(20)31641-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.11.023. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33259837.
Technical standards in allergen exposure chambers worldwide - an EAACI Task Force Report. Pfaar O, Bergmann KC, Bonini S, Compalati E, Domis N, de Blay F, de Kam PJ, Devillier P, Durham SR, Ellis AK, Gherasim A, Haya L, Hohlfeld JM, Horak F, Iinuma T, Jacobs RL, Jacobi HH, Jutel M, Kaul S, Kelly S, Klimek L, Larché M, Lemell P, Mahler V, Nolte H, Okamoto Y, Patel P, Rabin RL, Rather C, Sager A, Salapatek A, Sigsgaard T, Togias A, Willers C, Yang J, Zieglmayer R, Zuberbier T, Zieglmayer P. Allergy. 2021 May 24. doi: 10.1111/all.14957. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34028057.
Lokman Mohd Noh, Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff, Intan Hakimah Ismail, Rahim Md Noah, Asrul Abdul Wahab, Intan Juliana Abd. Hamid, et al. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2021 Anna Branch, Bhavi Modi, Bahar Bahrani, Kyla J Hildebrand, Scott B Cameron, Anne K Junker, E Turvey Stuart, Catherine M Biggs. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2021 May
Paparo L, Nocerino R, Ciaglia E, Di Scala C, De Caro C, Russo R, Trinchese G, Aitoro R, Amoroso A, Bruno C, et al. Allergy 2021
Hedman AM, Kuja‐Halkola R, Örtqvist AK, van Hage M, Almqvist C, Nordlund B. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2021
Szépfalusi, Z, Schmidthaler, K, Sieber, J, et al. Pediatr. Allergy Immunol. 2021
Viktoria Puhl, Hanna Bonnekoh, Jörg Scheffel, Tomasz Hawro, Karsten Weller, Peter von den Driesch, Hans‐Joachim Röwert‐Huber. Clin Transl Allergy 2021 |
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