Dietitian, ChildD

QLD, Australia

Kathy Beck is a paediatric dietitian working in Private Practice in South East Queensland. She has over 30 years experience working as an Accredited Practicing Dietitian, specialising for the last 15 years in paediatric food allergy. Kathy has worked in tertiary paediatric hospitals in the UK and Brisbane. Kathy is the director of Child Health in Life and Disease Dietetics (ChildD) which is a group of experienced paediatric dietitians servicing Brisbane and The Sunshine Coast. Kathy is an active member of the ASCIA Dietitian's Committee and past Chair.

Clinical immunology/allergy trainee, NSW Health

NSW, Australia

Dr Beiglari is an emerging specialist trainee with an interest in neuroimmunology.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Cairns Hospital

QLD, Australia

Regional general clinical immunologist and allergist.

Scientist/Researcher, PathWest

WA, Australia

Chris Bundell is a Clinical Scientist in Immunology at PathWest Laboratory Medicine at the QEII Medical Centre in WA. She also has an Adjunct Associate Professor position with the School of Biomedica Sciences at the University of Western Australia where she completed her PhD in Tumour Immunology and a Masters of Public Health looking the Morbidity and Mortality associated with Antinuclear Antibodies using local diagnostic laboratory data.

Having worked in the diagnostic laboratory for more than 20 years she has experience in a range of methods applicable to autoantibody and allergy testing. In her role as Clinical Scientist at PathWest Immunology she has been involved in the validation of assays to measure autoantibodies to HMGCO Reductase and C5N1A which are associated with inflammatory myopathies. In addition, she has set up assays to measure antibodies directed against the cytokines interferon gamma and granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF).

Scientist/Researcher, SA Pathology

SA, Australia

Amelia Cecchin is a Medical Scientist and Clinical Scientist trainee at SA Pathology's central Immunopathology laboratory (Royal Adelaide Hospital). She is section supervisor of the autoimmunity laboratory, with special interest in neuroimmunology and is currently undertaking training for the RCPA Faculty of Science Immunopathology fellowship.

Clinical immunology/allergy trainee, Queensland Health

QLD, Australia

Clinical Immunology/Allergy trainee - QLD

Scientist/Researcher, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

VIC, Australia

Daniela is credentialled eating disorder dietitian from Melbourne with a special interest in food allergy. She is in the final stages of her PhD with the National Allergy Centre of Excellence at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

Daniela's research is looking into the prevalence and risks of eating disorders in individuals living with food allergy.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, The Royal Children's Hospital

VIC, Australia

General Practitioner, Allergy Tasmania

TAS, Australia

Dr Nick Cooling is a full time GP Allergist working in primary care in Hobart. He is the Chair of the RACGP Allergy SIG and on the steering committee of the Shared Care Model for the National Allergy Council. He is the curriculum coordinator for the Associateship of Clinical Allergy Course

He was previously the Director of Internationalisation & Global Health & Coordinator of Yr 4 MBBS at the School of Medicine, University of Tasmania. He has worked in medical education for over 20 yrs, including as Director of Training of the GP Training Program in Tasmania for 8 yrs. He has worked in rural, regional and urban general practice in private, corporate and community controlled general practices.

His work career has included pharmacology research (metabolism of drugs by the cytochrome P450 system), clinical dietetics, academic medicine & general practice in both international, rural and urban settings.

His research interests include adverse reactions to food, clinical allergy, aero-allergens, global health, internationalisation of the curriculum, student mobility, academic detailing, clinical reasoning, behaviour change for doctors and their patients, intercultural communication and consulting skills.

Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

VIC, Australia

Helen is a Nurse Practitioner, Senior Research Nurse Coordinator, and Clinical Nurse Consultant specialising in Paediatric Allergy in Melbourne. She works across the Royal Children's Hospital, the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), and Monash Children's Hospital. Helen is also involved with NACE in the ADAPT Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) program.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Self

QLD, Australia

Dr Elizabeth da Silva graduated from the University of Sydney in 1999. She trained in Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Canberra Hospital, becoming a dual fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia in 2012. She was the Canberra Hospital/Australian National University fellow in 2013 and 2014.

From 2015 onwards she was a VMO at National Capital Private Hospital, and staff specialist at the Canberra Hospital. She also worked as an immunopathologist at ACT Pathology from 2018, and continues to work part time as an immunopathologist for 4Cyte pathology. Her Master of Philosophy, examining cellular responses to vaccination, was awarded by the Australian National University in 2018, and she has published articles in international literature regarding immunodeficiency and allergy.

She was conference co-chair for the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) annual conference in Canberra in 2018, and was the ACT representative to the ASCIA council from 2018 until 2021.

Dr da Silva relocated to the Gold Coast in July 2021. She is currently a VMO at Pindara Private Hospital and operates a private immunology clinic in Benowa. Her interests are pollen food allergy syndromes, adult onset food allergy, and clinical management of adult primary immunodeficiency diseases.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Austin Health

VIC, Australia

Dr Joseph De Luca is a Clinical Immunologist and Allergist from Melbourne. He has a keen subspecialty interest in drug hypersensitivity with a particular focus on perioperative anaphylaxis and subsequent allergy testing. He is a PhD candidate at The University of Melbourne, with his major project focusing on improving antibiotic allergy delabeling in the perioperative space.

Dietitian, Compass Immunology Clinic

QLD, Australia

Jillian Dimock is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with over 20 years of experience specialising in paediatric nutrition and food allergies for all ages.

After working in both tertiary hospitals and rural settings, in 2015, Jillian's interest in Paediatrics and food allergies inspired the establishment of private practice "Bris Kids Nutrition".

Jillian is a member of ASCIA's Dietitian executive committee and is proud to be affiliated with the Compass Immunology group in Brisbane.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

QLD, Australia

Dr Luke Droney is a clinical immunologist, allergist and immunopathologist working at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and Pathology Queensland.

Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Perth Children's Hospital

WA, Australia

Immunology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Children's Health Queensland

QLD, Australia

Victoria is a practicing paediatric nurse at the Queensland Children's Hospital, a research manager at the University of Queensland and currently undertaking Master of Philosophy also at UQ. Victoria is interested in the barriers to optimal health care.

Other, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute

Catalunya, Spain

Dr Giménez-Arnau is currently Associate Professor of Dermatology at the Universitat Autònoma and Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona and Consultant Physician in Dermatology and Venereology in the Department of Dermatology at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute. Section of Inmunoallergic Cutaneous Diseases. She received her degree in Medicine and Surgery in Universitat of Barcelona and completed her doctorate training (cum laude) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She is board certified in Dermatology and Venereology. Her main research interests include urticaria and eczema, as well as contact dermatitis and atopic dermatitis.

Dr Giménez-Arnau is author of at least 397 international and 252 national scientific publications, including also textbooks on Contact Dermatitis, Atopic Dermatitis, Urticaria and Therapy in Dermatology.

She is member of at least 16 Scientific Associations including the European Society of Contact Dermatitis (secretary from 2007-2012, president elect 2024), European Society for Dermatology Research, European Academy of Dermatology (Chair Contact Dermatitis Task Force), European Dermatology Forum, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and American Academy of Dermatology, American Academy of Dermatology and American Society of Contact Dermatitis. Dr Giménez-Arnau has been an external expert for the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) for hair dyes and cosmetics at the European Commission non-food Scientific Committee. She is Spanish representative for the Dermatology section of the Union Europeen d´Especialite Medicales (UEMS) and at the COST Action- Standerm on prevention of Occupational Skin Diseases. Recently 2024 , President elect for the ESCD ( European Society of Contact Dermatitis)

Nevertheless, I prefer to be presented mainly as a clinician involved daily in patients' care and in any educational activities that contribute to spreading the best knowledge of Dermatologic conditions, which are the basis of her clinical research.

Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Royal Adelaide Hospital

SA, Australia

Nicci Ginman is a Registered Nurse predominantly based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Immunology/Allergy department, serving as the SA Statewide Immunoglobulin Nurse. In this pivotal governance role, Nicci provides expert oversight and strategic support for the use of immunoglobulin therapies across South Australia's public and private healthcare sectors. Their work spans the entire health system, supporting clinicians who prescribe, administer, and dispense immunoglobulin products, to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centred outcomes. With a deep commitment to clinical excellence and system-wide collaboration, Nicci plays a key role in shaping best practices and improving access to Ig therapies across the state.

Paediatrician, Sunshine Coast Child Allergy

QLD, Australia

Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Queensland Health

QLD, Australia

Biologics Clinical Nurse

Clinical immunology/allergy trainee, Pathology Queensland

QLD, Australia

I am a joint Clinical Immunology/Immunopathology trainee currently working at Pathology Queensland

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Starship Children's Hospital

Auckland, New Zealand

Dr Kuang Hsiao is a clinician-scientist and has been involved in the clinical care of children and young people with immunologic disorders for over 15 years. He is based in Auckland, New Zealand where he is a Consultant paediatric immunologist and allergist at Starship Children's Hospital and a Senior Lecturer at The University of Auckland. Kuang studied Medicine at The University of Auckland, undertook Paediatric training at Waikato Hospital, Hamilton and completed Allergy, Immunology and Immunopatholgy Fellowships at The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. He wrote his doctoral thesis at The University of Melbourne on a novel oral immunotherapy (OIT) for treatment of children with peanut allergy. He has published original research in the field of food allergy, immunotherapy and immune deficiency conditions. Dr Hsiao's current research interests include inborn errors of immunity predisposing to severe viral infections and hyperinflammatory syndromes.

Dietitian, Melbourne Health

VIC, Australia

Amanda is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with over 16 years of experience, specialising in adult food allergies, food intolerances, gastrointestinal conditions, and immune-related disorders. She is the Senior Dietitian and Research Project Manager in the Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Amanda also works in private practice, contributing her expertise to both clinical care and research.

Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Compass Immunology Clinic

QLD, Australia

Lena James is an allergy and eczema nurse practitioner working in private practice at Compass Immunology Clinics. She has worked as an allergy and immunology nurse for over 9 years. She qualified as a nurse practitioner in early 2024 and commenced private practice at Compass Immunology Clinics in August 2024. Lena is passionate about empowering her patients to live well alongside their allergies, and is working towards raising the profile of allergy and eczema care, allergy and immunology nurses, and collaboration for optimal patient outcomes.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

NSW, Australia

Director of Immunology and Immunology St Vincent's Hospital

Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Queensland Children's Hospital

QLD, Australia

I have been a Dermatology Nurse for the past 7 years, current CNC at QCH. I am passionate about empowering families to cope with and manage their chronic dermatological conditions with confidence and success.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Campbelltown Hospital

NSW, Australia

Professor Connie Katelaris is an experienced clinician and researcher with over 40 yrs experience in all aspects of allergic diseases.

Dr Katelaris has numerous research interests spanning aerobiologcal research, drug allergy treatment and qualitative aspects of HAE; paediatric food allergy; severe asthma and use of biologics in severe asthma; allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis; chronic dermatological conditions such as atopic dermatitis and chronic urticaria.

She is convenor of the Western Sydney University Masters course in allergic diseases tailored for general practitioners and paediatricians wishing to upskill in this area in order to meet the need for allergy services, particularly in regional and rural areas.

Other, Princess Alexandra Hospital

QLD, Australia

Greg is a respiratory physician at Princess Alexandra Hospital whose interests include interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension

Other, Allergy Support Hub

WA, Australia

Monique Kerr is a psychologist and founder of Allergy Support Hub, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of individuals and families living with allergies. Over the past seven years, she has worked with children, adults, and parents navigating the psychological impact of allergic conditions. She is passionate about improving quality of life outcomes for people with allergies and advocating for integrating mental health in allergy care through clinical work, training, and community education.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, University of North Carolina

North Carolina, United States of America

Dr. Edwin Kim is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and chief of the division of pediatric allergy and immunology. He is also director of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative research group whose focus is on the development of novel therapeutics for food allergy.

Scientist/Researcher, The University of Queensland

QLD, Australia

Evidence and Translation Lead, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Chief Investigator, Centre of Food Allergy Research; Associate Professor and Group Leader, Childhood Allergy & Epidemiology Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

QLD, Australia

Michael is an immunologist and allergist. He was previously the clinical lead for a statewide specialist immunisation service dealing with allergic and patients with complex medical background. He has a particular interest in fields of immunopathology and drug hypersensitivity and is currently involved in collaborative research in both of these spaces.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, NSW Health Pathology

NSW, Australia

A/Prof Ming Wei Lin is the head of Immunopathology at ICPMR Westmead, and an active clinical immunologist and immunopathologist. She has a wide scope of practice in Immunology, but has a special interest in autoimmunity and immunodeficiency. She heads the Sydney West Immunology Forum for Translational Research (SWIFT) biobank at WIMR, and is active in SLE and Immunobullous clinical research.

Scientist/Researcher, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

VIC, Australia

Dr Melanie Lloyd is a health economist and clinician researcher with expertise in the design of pragmatic clinical trials, economic evaluation and patient-centred outcome measurement. She currently splits her time between postdoctoral roles with the Allergy Immunology Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), and Monash University's Centre for Medicine Use and Safety. Her PhD, completed in 2021 (University of Melbourne), investigated clinical trial methodologies that can measure the effectiveness of interventions in complex multimorbid populations, and promote representative participation in research. Dr Lloyd has lived experience caring for a child with multiple food allergies, which has motivated and informed her research in this area. She has published extensively on quality of life outcomes in food allergy, and was the project manager for the PPOIT-003, PREMO and PEAT clinical trials of food immunotherapies.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Auckland City Hospital

Auckland, New Zealand

Honorary. Associate Professor Hilary Longhurst

Senior Medical Officer in Immunology at Te Toka Tumai | Auckland City Hospital & Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Assoc. Prof Hilary Longhurst qualified in medicine from Cambridge University and Imperial College, London.

She developed her interest in Immunology while studying for her PhD at the National Institute for Medical Research (now the Crick Institute).

She worked as a Clinical and Laboratory Immunologist in London for many years, before relocating to New Zealand in 2020.

Hilary has been instrumental in developing patient-centred services for those with primary immune deficiency, including and hereditary angioedema due to C1 inhibitor deficiency and serves on international HAE guideline committees. Her clinic was one of the first to promote home immunoglobulin and C1 inhibitor replacement.

Being involved in most major HAE and several immunoglobulin trials in the past 20 years, she has been a pioneer in developing and enabling access to the new therapies, which have transformed the lives of people with this disabling disorder.

She serves on the Rare Disorders NZ (RDNZ) clinical committee, was a founding medical advisor with UKPIPS (supporting antibody deficient patients), HAE UK (supporting angioedema patients) and DCAction (supporting families affected by genetic telomere biology disorders). She serves on steering committees for many educational and academic events.

She received the Milton Gold Memorial Lectureship Award from the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in 2020. She became an honorary life member of the Hereditary Angioedema Society of India, with establishment of the Hilary Longhurst annual lecture in 2021

Hilary has published over 200 academic papers in the field of immune deficiency and angioedema.

Scientist/Researcher, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

NSW, Australia

Professor Cindy Ma is a Laboratory head and the current Chair of Faculty at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia. She is a NHMRC of Australia Investigator Grant Fellow and conjoint Professor in the School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney. She has published over 139 manuscripts, and her research interests lie in the study of human diseases of the immune system. This includes primary immunodeficiency due to inborn errors of immunity (IEI). Her expertise in human immunology, in particular B and T cell biology, and IEIs have led to the elucidation of molecular requirements for a functioning immune system and discovery of mechanisms underlying the clinical features of IEI, including infectious susceptibility, defective humoral and cellular immunity, autoimmunity, and atopic disease. Her current focus is around IEI that predispose affected individuals to atopy and how these can inform on pathways and mechanisms implicated in common allergic/atopic disease in the general population.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Fiona Stanley Hospital

WA, Australia

Clinical Professor Dominic Mallon

Clinical Immunologist, Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH); and Immunopathologist, PathWest Laboratory Medicine

Dominic is a clinician who practises a broad range of immunopathology, allergy and clinical immunology looking after children and adults with immunological disorders.

After stepping down as WA's Chief Pathologist in January 2020; Dominic became involved in clinical process redesign, leading the successful establishment of the Virtual Immunology Clinic (VIC); and a successful pilot of the VIC for General Practice (VIC-GP) at FSH. The VIC-GP has provided a superior patient experience to more conventional online clinics by providing timely access to Specialist care that is coordinated with the patient's referring clinician which, in turn, allows in context upskilling of the referring clinician.

The VIC-GP was awarded first prize in the "Integration with Primary Care" category, and the Director General's Award for best overall project in the 2024 WA Health Excellence Awards; winner of the "Excellence in Clinical Care" category of the 2022 SMHS Excellence Awards; a poster prize at the 2022 Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy Annual Scientific Meeting; and the VIC-GP model of care was published in 2023 in the prestigious Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology-In Practice.

In addition, Dominic was awarded the Federal Australian Medical Association Excellence in Healthcare Award in 2023 and has been shortlisted for "Non-GP Specialist of the Year" in the 2024 and 2025 WA Country Health Service / Rural Health WA Excellence Awards.

Dominic is also Coordinating Principal Investigator of the Western Australian Covid-19 Immunity Collaborative (WACIC) Study.

Dietitian, Advanced Dietitians Group

WA, Australia

Belinda is a leading paediatric dietitian in WA, with over 25 years of experience. She is one of the directors of a successful private practice, Advanced Dietitians Group which provides evidence-based, family-centred care specialising in food allergy. Belinda is currently working as the project officer for the ASCIA allergy dietitian certification pathway project. Belinda has experience in tertiary, rural and international paediatric clinics, and hospitals. She was the Clinical Lead, lecturer, clinical placement coordinator and supervisor in the Masters of Dietetics program at Curtin University for 6 years. Belinda has also worked for Dietitians Australia in accreditation.

General Practitioner, Royal Darwin Hospital

NT, Australia

Dr Sara Martin is a General Practitioner and GP Allergist in the Northern Territory. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at Williams College (USA), an MBBS at Flinders University and GP training in Darwin. Subsequent training includes the Graduate Certificate in Allergic Disease from Western Sydney University. She recently received Recognition of Extended Skills in Allergy from the RACGP. She works as a GP at Territory Medical Group and as a GP Allergist at Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin Children's Clinic and Alice Springs Hospital, providing paediatric and adult allergy services.

Scientist/Researcher, Hudson Institute of Medical Research

VIC, Australia

Seth Masters Biography

Prof Seth Masters is Centre Head of the Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Disease at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research (Australia). He has uncovered the genetic basis for several autoinflammatory diseases and continues to manage the associated Australian Registry, AADRY. In addition to genetic investigations, AADRY also facilitates IFN signature profiling and IL-18 quantification to help identify patients who may benefit from therapies targeting related pathways. Mechanistically the Masters lab performs functional testing for many autoinflammatory disease genes, and has defined the role of IL24 in PRAAS, GCSF in APLAID and STING activation in COPA syndrome. Prof Masters is a Scientific Advisor for NRG Therapeutics (UK) and Odyssey Therapeutics (USA) and was appointed as a Fellow of the Viertel Foundation, HHMI-Wellcome Trust and the NHMRC.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Queensland Children's Hospital

QLD, Australia

Peter McNaughton is a Paediatric immunologist and allergist who also works within the BMT team doing transplants for patients with inborn errors of immunity (IEI). Dr McNaughton has an interest in diagnosis of monogenic IEI and a research interest in implementing mainstream genomic testing for these patients.

Dietitian, Murdoch Children's Research Institute & The Royal Children's Hospital

VIC, Australia

Dr Vicki McWilliam is a Clinician-Scientist Fellow at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, a Senior Dietitian at the Royal Children's Hospital and a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. She is an Adv APD working at the RCH for over 25 years and the past 15 years specialising in paediatric food allergy. She completed her PhD in 2019 and currently combines her clinical role with research based at in the Population Allergy Group at MCRI. Her research interest is exploring dietary interventions for food allergy prevention and treatment, and she currently an Associate Investigator for the Centre of Food Allergy Research, a member of the National Allergy Centre of Excellence Food Allergy Advisory Group and co-leads the National Allergy Council Foodservice Project.

Dietitian, Step by Step Kidz Nutrition Ltd

London, United Kingdom

Rosan completed her degree in dietetics in South Africa in 1996 and finished her MSc in 2004 and PhD at Imperial College London in 2008. She was the principal research dietitian for the gastro-allergy at Great Ormond Street Hospital until December 2015, and after this worked with the allergy team at St. Thomas Hospital until 2018. She has a busy paediatric dietetic practice in London specialising in food hypersensitivity and aversive eating and has published numerous articles and books. She was the co-module leader for the Food Hypersensitivity Module of the MSc in Allergy at Imperial College from 2008 - 2023 and is currently visiting Professor at KU Leuven, on their MSc on Deglutology and leading the ARFID course at University of Huddersfield. She was the chair for the EAACI Allied Health and Primary Section, and chair of the International Network for Diet and Nutrition in Allergy (INDANA) until mid 2024 and is a Trustee for ARFID Awareness UK. Rosan has also been to co-research dietitian on the NIHR funded Trial on IgE test guided dietary advice for children with eczema since 2022 and is the current secretary for the Immunomodulation and Nutrition Working Group from EAACI and is the chair of task force on feeding difficulties in food allergy and breastfeeding in food allergy.

Paediatrician, Ku Leuven

Brabant, Belgium

Isabelle Meyts obtained her medical degree at the University of Leuven, Belgium, in 1999. In 2007 she obtained her license in Pediatrics as well as her PhD degree with a work studying the role of Th subsets in allergic airway inflammation in a mouse model of asthma. At the University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, within the Department of Pediatrics, she built the Pediatric Primary Immunodeficiency Unit where she is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of children affected by primary immunodeficiency. She is also responsible for the Care Program in Primary Immunodeficiencies. She is Professor at the University of Leuven where she established the Laboratory for Inborn Errors of Immunity. She conducts research that is centered on the genetic and functional unraveling of inborn errors of immunity. In 2020 she obtained a European Research Council Start Grant with a project focusing on adenosine deaminase type 2 deficiency (MORE2ADA2). She is the past President of the European Society for Immunodeficiencies and current chair of the IUIS Inborn Errors Committee. She is the president elect to the Henry Kunkel Society.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Perth Children's Hospital

WA, Australia

Dr Moseley is a clinical immunologist and general paediatrician working at Perth Children's Hospital (PCH). She has been the clinical lead for the roll out of the SCID newborn screening program in Western Australia (WA) and leads the primary immunodeficiency service within the Department of Immunology at PCH. Within her role as general paediatrician at PCH, Natasha has established specialist clinics for patients with congenital syndromes with associated immune complications including 22q11 deletion and duplication syndromes and CHARGE syndrome. She works closely with colleagues nationally and international through various PID working groups and collaborations to bring best, evidence-based practice to WA children with immunodeficiencies.

Dietitian, National Allergy Council

SA, Australia

Merryn is Senior Project Officer with the National Allergy Council coordinating translational projects aiming to improve the lives of Australians with allergic disease.

Merryn is an experienced clinical paediatric dietitian and Fellow of the Dietitians Association. She has contributed over 50 peer reviewed publications to the fields of infant feeding, allergy management and prevention.

Paediatrician, Peninsula Paediatrics And Allergy

VIC, Australia

Allergy Paediatrician

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Leading Steps Paediatric Clinic & The University of Queensland

QLD, Australia

I am a Paediatric Immunologist and Allergist working privately on the Gold Coast. I have recently started my PhD through UQ in Adolescent Allergy with a focus on diagnostics, risk stratification and management.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Fiona Stanley Hospital & Perth Children's Hospital

WA, Australia

Michael is a consultant clinical immunologist at Fiona Stanley and Perth Children's Hospitals, and immunopathologist at PathWest. He is involved in clinical research, particularly in the area of food allergy treatment.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Umcg

Netherlands, Netherlands

Dr. Hanneke Oude Elberink is a consultant in Internal Medicine and Allergy, and head of the Adult Allergology department at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), the Netherlands. She trained in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at UMCG and earned her PhD on quality of life in insect venom allergy, including the development of the Vespid Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire (VQLQ).

As a clinician-scientist and trainer of allergists within internal medicine, she leads translational research on mast cell disorders, with a focus on systemic mastocytosis, anaphylaxis, and venom allergy. She is principal investigator of several clinical trials, including studies on KIT inhibitors and the long-term outcomes of venom immunotherapy. Her interests also include allergen diagnostics, epinephrine use, urticaria, and drug allergy.

Dr. Oude Elberink is an active member of the European Competence Network on Mastocytosis (ECNM), participates in the GA²LEN Anaphylaxis Network, and contributes to the European Anaphylaxis Registry. She has co-authored multiple national and international guidelines on anaphylaxis, mastocytosis, urticaria, and food and venom allergy. In addition, she teaches in the BSc and MSc Allergy programs at the University of Groningen and has received multiple Teacher of the Year awards.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Queensland Children's Hospital

QLD, Australia

Associate Professor Jane Peake is an ASCIA President elect and senior staff specialist at the Queensland Children's Hospital at the Queensland Children's Hospital and associate professor at the University of Queensland.

After seven years overseas working in world Class paediatric immunology and allergy departments in the United Kingdom, Paris and Toronto, Jane returned to Brisbane and established the first public paediatric immunology and allergy service in Queensland (Queensland Paediatric Immunology and Allergy Service). Jane's clinical and research special interests include primary immune deficiency, food allergy and anaphylaxis. She has numerous publications in these areas and is on a variety of state and national advisory boards and committees.

Other, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

VIC, Australia

Professor Kirsten Perrett is Group Leader of the Population Allergy Research Group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI). She is also Director of the National Allergy Centre of Excellence (NACE) and the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centre of Research Excellence in Food Allergy (CFAR), hosted at MCRI; Paediatric Allergist and Vaccinologist at The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne and Honorary Professorial Fellow at The University of Melbourne.

Scientist/Researcher, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

VIC, Australia

A/Prof Rachel Peters (BHSc, MPH, PhD) is an epidemiologist and Principal Research Fellow at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia. In addition, she is Epidemiology Lead of the National Allergy Centre of Excellence and honorary principal research fellow and the University of Melbourne. A/Prof Peter's leads a research program on the causes and consequences of childhood allergic diseases, with a particular focus on food allergy. She is Principal Investigator of population-based, longitudinal HealthNuts study and leads the first longitudinal follow-up of the EarlyNuts study. These landmark studies have provided invaluable insights into the prevalence, determinants and impact of allergic disease in childhood.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Queensland Children's Hospital

QLD, Australia

Paediatric Immunologist with an interest in allergy, IEI, autoinflammatory conditions and HAE. Queensland ASCIA representative and member of Clinical Immunology Committee of IUIS

Scientist/Researcher, Pathology Queensland

QLD, Australia

I graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science majoring in Biotechnology from QUT in 2006. I started my career with Pathology Queensland in the Autoimmune Lab in June 2007 where I have been a valued member for the past 18 years. I now dedicate my time gaining knowledge and expertise in the exciting field of Neuroimmunology.

Scientist/Researcher, Queensland Public Health & Scientific Services

QLD, Australia

Kerri Prain is the Principal Chief Scientist for Immunology, Pathology Queensland where she started her career in the autoimmune laboratory as a new graduate scientist. She has been trained by and worked national leaders in autoantibody testing and as such is also passionate about training and mentoring immunology scientists of the future. Her particular interest is in the area of Neuroimmunology.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, SS Pathology & Royal Adelaide Hospital

SA, Australia

Phillippa is Clinical Director of the Immunopathology Directorate at SA Pathology, Clinical Immunologist at The Royal Adelaide Hospital, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at The University of Adelaide. After receiving her MBBS with honours from The University of Western Australia in 2009, she completed internship and basic physician training at Royal Perth Hospital. She moved to Canberra to undertake dual training in Clinical Immmunology and Immunopathology at The Canberra Hospital and ACT Pathology in 2015, which she completed in Adelaide; receiving her FRACP and FRCPA in 2018, and taking up her current position in 2019. She has recently returned from an 18 months sabbatical at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine as a Visiting Assistant Professor in 2023-24, where she gained further experience in rare disease and immunogenomics.

Phillippa's primary area of interest is the investigation and management of inborn errors of immunity, with a particular focus on flow cytometry. She has a special interest in transition care for adolescents with inborn errors of immunity; initiating a transition program between paediatric and adult services in Adelaide. She is a member of the ClinGen SCID-CID gene curation panel, as well as college committees for both the RACP and RCPA.

Dietitian, MacMurray Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Centre

Auckland, New Zealand

Anna is a Senior Advanced Practice Dietitian with specialist skills and dual interest in allergy and adverse food reactions and gastroenterology at all life stages, with adjunct general paediatrics. Anna has worked in private practice for 25 years and been a member of ASCIA for 20 years. She works as a consultant Dietitian at the Macmurray Centre and Mauranui Clinic.

Anna is a member of Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA), ASCIA Dietitians , NZ Paediatric Society Allergy Group and is Chair of Dietitians NZ Allergy Special Interest Group. She sits on the medical panels of Coeliac New Zealand and Allergy New Zealand. Anna has a guest lecturer role in the University of Auckland and Massey University Master of Dietetics.

Anna loves applying her wealth of experience to a complicated patient and a curly question.

Paediatrician, The University of Queensland

QLD, Australia

Staff Specialist, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane

Deputy Director, Children's Health & Environment Program (CHEP), Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland

Dietitian, National Allergy Council

WA, Australia

Ingrid Roche is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with expertise in nutritional management of paediatric and adult food allergy through her long experience at Perth Children's Hospital (2009-2022) and in her private practice, Advanced Dietitians Group, since 2014. She heads up the National Allergy Council's Food Service Project, bringing her skills and knowledge in food allergen management in the food service industry to these training programs. She is a member of the DA and the dietitian committee of ASCIA and represents ASCIA on the FSANZ Allergen Collaboration.

Clinical immunology/allergy trainee, John Hunter Hospital

NSW, Australia

Paul is a Clinical Immunology/Immunopathology Advanced Trainee at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Sunshine Coast Hospital And Health Service

QLD, Australia

Staff Anaesthetists SCUH. Immediate past chair ANZAAG. Lead POA investigation at the SCUH.

Scientist/Researcher, The University of Queensland

QLD, Australia

Dr Shifti is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Food Allergy Research (CFAR), based in the Childhood Allergy and Epidemiology Research Group at the University of Queensland. He completed his PhD in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics at the University of Newcastle. His research focuses on understanding the burden, risk factors, and impacts of food allergies. He is also committed to collaborating with First Nations people and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities to better understand the burden and impacts of food allergies in these populations.

Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Sunshine Coast University Hospital

QLD, Australia

RN for the past 21 years . Worked in both public and private sector . Working in Sunshine Coast University Hospital ( Queensland ) as a Biologics / SCIg Clinical Nurse. Working in the Immunology, Dermatology and Rheumatology space. Gained interest in dermatology in 2018 and then combined with immunology space for the past 4 years.

Holds a Masters in Health , Grad Cert in Health service Management (quality and Safety). Currently a

Student Nurse Practitioner

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Starship Children's Hospital

New Zealand, New Zealand

Dr Jan Sinclair completed her training at Starship Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. She has been a paediatric allergist and clinical immunologist at Starship since 1997, having previously been the lead clinician of the Starship team for many years. Jan's clinical interests over time have included development of a national network to support paediatric allergy care, lobbying for institution of nationwide SCID newborn screening, and more recently development of services for food allergy desensitisation.

Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, NSW Health

NT, Australia

Bonnie is a dedicated paediatric nurse currently on secondment in Paediatric Immunology and Allergy. She began her nursing career with a graduate year in mental health, followed by a year in adult nursing, before pursuing her long-standing passion for paediatrics. Over the past four years, Bonnie has worked in a mixed medical-surgical adolescent unit, where she developed advanced clinical skills and a strong commitment to holistic, family-centred care.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Retired

QLD, Australia

Allergy specialist for40 years

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, The Royal Melbourne Hospital

VIC, Australia

Kymble is a Specialist Allergist & Clinical Immunologist. He works as a Clinician, Researcher, & Educator at the Royal Melbourne Hospital & Monash Medical Centre as well as the University of Melbourne. He is currently the director of the Department of Allergy and Immunology at Royal Melbourne, and is the Clinical lead for the State Centre for Insect Venom Immunotherapy in Victoria.

Scientist/Researcher, Pathology Queensland

QLD, Australia

I am an Autoimmune Scientist with a history in the public and private laboratories. Neuroimmunology is currently my field of passion and have been gaining experience in neuro immunofluorescence.

Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Children's Health Queensland

QLD, Australia

Anna is a Nurse Practitioner in Immunology and Allergy at Queensland Children's Hospital (CHQ). She has worked as a paediatric nurse in a tertiary hospital for nearly 20 years and in the field of immunology for over 10 years. She is an active member of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA), Clinical Immunogenomics Research Consortium Australasia (CIRCA), Immune Deficiencies Foundation Australia (IDFA) Health Professional Panel, and the Children's Health Queensland (CHQ) Blood Management Committee. She was the coordinator for Queensland Genomic Health Alliance implementation project for genetic testing of Inborn Errors of Immunity at Pathology Queensland, which has led to the establishment of a clinical model of care in the area. Anna leads the nursing clinical trials team undertaking immunology and allergy research at CHQ.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital & Royal North Shore Hospital

NSW, Australia

Shruti Swamy is a paediatric allergist and immunologist based in New South Wales, having completed her specialist training through the Sydney Children's Hospital Network. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and holds staff specialist appointments at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Royal North Shore Hospital, where she contributes to the advancement of paediatric allergy and immunology services. She has further established regional and rural Allergy and Immunology services, to provide accessible care for children in these areas.

Apart from her clinical work, Shruti is completing her Masters by Research at The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, through the University of New South Wales. Her passion is translational research, and apart from her higher research degree, Shruti is also engaged in several clinical research projects. Shruti is further associated with the University of Sydney as a Clinical Lecturer, where she contributes to mentoring and education of medical students.

Shruti is a member of several national and international societies, including the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA), Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology (ASI), European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID), Clinical Immunology Society (CIS) and Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FoCIS).

Scientist/Researcher, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

NSW, Australia

Stuart Tangye leads the Immunology & Immunodeficiency Lab at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, where he is a Senior Principal Research Fellow, and Professor (conjoint) in the Faculty of Medicine & Health, UNSW Sydney.

He has 25 years of experience in the fields of human cellular and molecular immunology and inborn errors of immunity (IEI). His research focuses on the biology of human lymphocytes in health and disease and understanding how defects in single genes result in immune deficiency and immune dysregulation. His research outcomes include elucidating critical roles for specific genes in human lymphocyte differentiation to identify functional requirements for effective host defense against infectious bacterial, viral and fungal diseases, as well as to maintain immune homeostasis.

He has published ~300 peer-reviewed articles, holds positions on editorial boards of J Exp Med, Blood and the Journal of Human Immunity, and is a member and previous chair of the IUIS Expert Committee of IEI. In 2015, he established and leads the Clinical Immunogenomics Research Consortium Australasia (CIRCA), a multidisciplinary collaboration aimed at improving diagnoses and outcomes of people affected by rare monogenic immune disorders. His contributions to research have been recognised by being awarded the Gottschalk Medal (2011, Australian Academy of Sciences), a Fulbright Senior Fellowship (2015), the Clinical Immunology Society (CIS; USA) President's Award (2019), the Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Scientific Research (2024), the NSW Premier's Prizes for Science & Engineering (2024 Excellence in Medical Biological Sciences), and being elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2023) and the CIS (2023).

Clinical immunology/allergy trainee, Queensland Health

QLD, Australia

Tiarni is an Immunology and Allergy fellow at the Queensland Children's Hospital, and is dual training in General Paediatrics.  She has always had an interest in infectious diseases and immunology and has previously contributed to research on primary immunodeficiency and invasive pneumococcal disease.

Other, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

QLD, Australia

Dr Tey is a haematologist at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and a Group Leader at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. She graduated from the University of Queensland and trained in laboratory and clinical haematology in Brisbane. This was followed by a research fellowship at the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, USA, where she developed "delete-able" gene-modified T cells to mitigate against the risks of graft-versus-host disease. She completed a PhD on anti-viral T cell immunity and a post-doctorate on experimental bone marrow transplantation, both at QIMR Berghofer. Dr Tey has a long-standing interest in the immune control of blood cancer, post-transplant immune reconstitution and T cell immunotherapy. Her current research focus is in the development of novel CAR T cell therapies and their translation into clinical trials. She currently leads a phase I clinical trial using CD19 CAR T cells made within the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital for patients who are ineligible for publicly funded treatment.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Queensland Health

QLD, Australia

Dr Sarah Thang is a Clinical Immunologist / Allergist and Immunopathologist. Now based at Pathology Queensland, she has a keen interest in education and training.

Dietitian, Monash Children's Hospital

VIC, Australia

Marianne Tomlin is a Melbourne based Accredited Practising Dietitian, with extensive experience in childhood food allergies both in the UK and Australia. Marianne has a particular interest in feeding difficulties children with food allergies and has recently established an allergy specific feeding clinic at Monash Children's Hospital where she has helped set up the new paediatric allergy clinic service. Marianne also works privately from Kids Nutrition Clinic and Offspring Health, and is the current acting chair of the ASCIA Dietitian Committee.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

NSW, Australia

Dr Winnie Wing Yin Tong is a Senior Staff Specialist in HIV & Immunology at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and Senior Lecturer at the School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health. She holds Fellowship of both the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (Immunology) and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Immunology & Allergy), alongside a PhD from UNSW.

Dr Tong maintains public and private clinical practices in immunology and allergy at St Vincent's Hospital and St Vincent's Clinic. Her research interests span clinical immunology and allergy, with particular expertise in beta-lactam allergy delabelling, severe cutaneous adverse reactions and anaphylaxis. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and serves as a principal investigator on multiple clinical trials, including studies on penicillin allergy delabelling, peanut anaphylaxis and HIV.

Currently serving as Postgraduate Coordinator at St Vincent's Clinical School, Dr Tong is also an elected member of the St Vincent's Clinic Medical Council & Board. She serves as Co-Lead of the Immunology Community of Practice at UNSW and is an active member of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA). Dr Tong combines clinical excellence with academic leadership in advancing the understanding and management of allergic diseases in adult patients.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

NSW, Australia

Dr Winnie Wing Yin Tong is a Senior Staff Specialist in HIV & Immunology at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and Senior Lecturer at the School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health. She holds Fellowship of both the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (Immunology) and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Immunology & Allergy), alongside a PhD from UNSW.

Dr Tong maintains public and private clinical practices in immunology and allergy at St Vincent's Hospital and St Vincent's Clinic. Her research interests span clinical immunology and allergy, with particular expertise in beta-lactam allergy delabelling, severe cutaneous adverse reactions and anaphylaxis. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and serves as a principal investigator on multiple clinical trials, including studies on penicillin allergy delabelling, peanut anaphylaxis and HIV.

Currently serving as Postgraduate Coordinator at St Vincent's Clinical School, Dr Tong is also an elected member of the St Vincent's Clinic Medical Council & Board. She serves as Co-Lead of the Immunology Community of Practice at UNSW and is an active member of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA). Dr Tong combines clinical excellence with academic leadership in advancing the understanding and management of allergic diseases in adult patients.

Other, Allergy Support Hub

WA, Australia

Emma Warner is the Co-Founder and Principal Psychologist at Allergy Support Hub (ASH), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing psychological support and practical assistance to individuals and families living with allergies. With over 10 years of experience working in allergy care, Emma is passionate about improving the emotional wellbeing of people with allergies across the lifespan. She collaborates closely with allergy health professionals to integrate mental health support into allergy management and is a strong advocate for trauma-informed, person-centred care. As one of the first psychologist members of ASCIA, Emma plays a leading role in bridging the gap between psychological and medical care in the allergy space.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Queensland Children's Hospital & Compass Immunology

QLD, Australia

Dr Sophie Willcocks earned her Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Newcastle, Australia, in 2011. She completed her basic training across metropolitan and regional hospitals in South-East Queensland, where she discovered her passion for paediatric allergy and immunology. She was admitted to Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Paediatrics and Child Health Division in Clinical Immunology and Allergy in 2020 and General Paediatrics in 2021.

Since then, Sophie has worked in private practice as a paediatric immunologist and allergist at Compass Immunology, while also holding public appointments at Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane. Over the past five years as a junior consultant within the Queensland Specialist Immunisation Service and the Queensland Paediatric Immunology and Allergy Service, she has:

• Led the development of COVID-19 vaccination guidelines for high-risk paediatric populations
• Designed assessment pathways for adverse events following immunisation
• Completed a pilot study on allergy outreach service delivery across Queensland
• Supervised medical students and junior doctors
• Participated in allergy immunotherapy research trials
• Provided expert inpatient and outpatient care to patients presenting with an array of allergic and immunological conditions.

Sophie is committed to delivering up-to-date, evidence-based care and is pleased to share her insights on food allergy diagnostics with you today.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Pathology Queensland

QLD, Australia

Other, The University of Queensland & Queensland Children's Hospital

QLD, Australia

Dr Tatiane Yanes is a senior research fellow at the University of QLD and a genetic counsellor the QLD Children's Hospital. Tatiane holds a National Health and Medical Research Emerging Leadership fellow. Her research focuses on implementation of genomic technology into clinical practice, with a focus on paediatric inborn errors of immunity and polygenic risk scores.

Scientist/Researcher, The University of Queensland

QLD, Australia

Professor Di Yu holds the position of Chair in Paediatric Immunotherapy and serves as the inaugural Director of the Ian Frazer Centre of Children's Immunotherapy Research at the University of Queensland. Moreover, in his capacity as a Professor of Immunology, he heads the Systems and Translational T-cell Immunology Laboratory (STTIL) at the University of Queensland Frazer Institute. His research focuses on exploring T cell subsets and developing new therapies to regulate their functions in clinical settings, with the goal of treating autoimmune diseases and cancer. He also leads the development and application of "systems immunology" techniques to evaluate individuals' immune status.

Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Prince of Wales Hospital

NSW, Australia

Dr Yun obtained his medical degree from the University of Melbourne in 2003 and completed his fellowship with the RACP and RCPA in 2012. In 2013, he completed his PhD in drug allergy at the University of Bern, Switzerland, under Prof. Werner Pichler's supervision, a world-renowned scholar in this field. He is currently a staff specialist at Prince of Wales Hospital, an immunopathologist at South Eastern Sydney Immunology Laboratory, NSW Health Pathology, and a conjoint senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales. He runs a busy private practice in Northern Beaches in Sydney. He continues to pursue research interests in food allergy and drug allergy and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. He is the current chair of the ASCIA Drug Allergy Committee.