AIFA News December 2022

Project results from AIFA grant recipients (awarded in 2021) were presented at the ASCIA 2022 conference in Melbourne in September. It was excellent to see so many research project leaders in person, and to hear how AIFA helped them to progress their research and gain new knowledge about immune system disorders.  

AIFA 2020 grant recipients  (L-R): Dr Vicki McWilliam, Dr Catarina Almeida, Dr Celina Jin, A/Prof Kirsten Perrett, Dr William Smith.

Allergy and immunology researchers continue to show what they can achieve when given the seed funding and opportunities to investigate ways to prevent, diagnose, treat and cure immune system disorders.  

Congratulations to previous AIFA research grant recipients Professors Mimi Tang and Stuart Tangye, who were both recently included in the Clarivate list of top 1% highly cited researchers in the field of Immunology. It is a great achievement to have ASCIA members and AIFA grant recipients recognised in the list of top immunology researchers globally.

Thank you to ASCIA members, other donors and industry sponsors, who provide generous support for allergy and immunology research through AIFA grants.

AIFA will continue to move research forward in 2023, and you can be a part of the journey by donating to AIFA. Your donation is a lasting legacy which will help people living with allergy, immunodeficiency and other immune system disorders.

To donate go to www.allergyimmunology.org.au/donate and we will ensure that 100% of your donation goes directly to support AIFA research grants.

Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year from the Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA) team. We hope that 2023 brings happiness, good health and success for you and your families.

Kind regards,

Dr Melanie Wong | AIFA Chair

A/Prof Theresa Cole | ASCIA President