Theme Director, Population Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria
Professor Katie Allen, MBBS (Hons), BMedSc (Hons), FRACP, PhD, FAAAAI, AAHMS. Professor Katrina (Katie) Allen is a paediatric gastroenterologist and allergist undertaking research in the evolving field of food allergy and is Director, Population Health at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. She is the principal investigator of the HealthNuts study a population-based cohort study of food allergy in 5300 infants and SchoolNuts, a population based study of 10,000 school aged children both seek to answer parts of the jigsaw concerning the evolution of the new allergy epidemic, including gene-environment and epigenetic associations with food allergy. Prof Allen is also Director of the NHMRC-funded Australian Centre of Food & Allergy. Research which aims to translate research findings into clinical practice and public health policy to ensure the best outcomes for children regarding food allergy. She has published more than 160 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and co-authored a book, Kids' Food Allergy for Dummies. She is Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne and remains an active clinician in the Department of Allergy and the Department of Gastroenterology at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Australia.

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