Currently Funded Awards
During 2023, the AAAAI Foundation supported 15 Faculty Development Awards. The support for these multi-year awards is only possible through continued support from our donors. Consider making a gift today.
2023
Sara Barmettler, MD
“Immunologic Impact and Risk for Infection in Patients with Secondary Hypogammaglobulinemia”
Massachusetts General Hospital
Award Term: July 2023 - June 2026
Santiago Alvarez-Arango, MD
“Pathogenesis of Non IgE-Mediated Immediate Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions”
John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Award Term: July 2023 - June 2026
David Hill, MD, PhD, FAAAAI
“Contribution of Interferon-Mediated Epithelial Cell MHCII Expression to EoE”
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia|
Award Term: July 2023 - June 2026
2022
Sergio E. Chiarella, MD
The AAAAI Foundation & Donald YM Leung, MD, PhD, FAAAAI, Faculty Development Award
“Investigation of Tmem178 as a Novel Endogenous Inhibitory Pathway in Asthma”
Mayo Clinic - Division of Allergic Diseases|
Award Term: July 2022 - June 2025
Jocelyn Farmer, MD, PhD
“Define Immune Correlates of a Protective Response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Patients with Humoral Immunodeficiency”
Massachusetts General Hospital
Award Term: July 2022 - June 2025
Hsi-en (John) Ho, MD
“Dissecting Differential Inflammatory Response to Microbial Translocation in Primary Antibody Deficiencies”
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Award Term: July 2022 - June 2025
Jessica W. Hui, MD
“The Role of Temperature on the Skin Barrier and the Development of Atopy”
National Jewish Health
Award Term: July 2022 - June 2025
2021
Derek Chu, MD, PhD
Title: “Tree Nut Allergen Thresholds, Biomarkers, and Methods of Desensitization - TITAN and TRADE studies”
Institution: McMaster University
$240,000 paid over 3 years
Award Term: July 2021 - June 2024
Torie Grant, MD
Title: “Allergen Exposure Reduction as a Disease-Modifying Strategy in Allergen-Sensitized Children with Asthma”
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
$240,000 paid over 3 years
Award Term: July 2021 - June 2024
Melanie Ruffner, MD, PhD
Title: “Investigation of the Role of STAT6 Signaling in Proton-Pump Inhibitor Response in Eosinophilic Esophagitis”
Institution: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
$240,000 paid over 3 years
Award Term: July 2021 - June 2024
Cosby Stone, MD, MPH
Title: “Defining the Key Epidemiologic and Immunogenetic Risk Features of True IgE Mediated Cephalosporin Allergy”
Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
$240,000 paid over 3 years
Award Term: July 2021 - June 2024