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AIFA aims to improve the health of people living with allergy and immune diseases by funding medical research and raising public awareness.
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AIFA News
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A new community funded food allergy research grant
2 October 2020: Ararat, a town in country Victoria, donates over $12,000 to fund The Kohen and Sage Richards Food Allergy Research Grant for 2021. We give our warmest thanks to the community of Ararat for their generous donation of over $12,000 to the Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA). The community showed their support for research into food allergy through an online auction... -
Another AIFA grant recipient receives NHMRC funding
14 July 2020: For the third time since the Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA) started funding research grants in 2015, we are proud to announce that an AIFA grant recipient has received National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding. Dr Sidonia Eckle, who was awarded an AIFA grant in 2019, has been awarded $620,205 in an Emerging Leadership Award from the NHMRC i... -
Medical Research and the Report from the Parliamentary Inquiry into Allergies and Anaphylaxis
18 June 2020: The Australian Government’s recognition of the importance of medical research into allergy is highlighted in the report from the Parliamentary Inquiry into Allergies and Anaphylaxis, Walking the Allergy Tightrope, tabled in Parliament on 15 June 2020. www.allergy.org.au/about-ascia/info-updates/inquiry-into-allergies-and-anaphylaxis-report-15-june-2020 Implementing the recommendation...
Every project endeavours to meet the challenge to improve the health of people living with allergy and immune diseases.
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