Hugh A. Sampson Lectureship in Food Allergy
Dr. Sampson is the Kurt Hirschhorn Professor of Pediatrics, past Chief of the Division of Pediatric Allergy Immunology, past Director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, and past Dean for Translational Research at the Icahn School of Medicine. He has over 40 years’ experience in translational research focusing on food allergic disorders and basic immunologic mechanisms responsible for these disorders.
His research has been continuously funded by the NIH, including the initial Principal Investigator for the Consortium for Food Allergy Research, and focused on food allergic disorders, including work on the pathogenesis of food-induced anaphylaxis, characterization of allergenic food proteins and their processing by the immune system, development of novel diagnostic tests, and mechanisms of immunotherapeutic strategies for treating food allergies, including basic studies and clinical trials in immunotherapy and biologics. He has authored/co-authored over 600 original articles and 90 book chapters, and co-edited 5 books, primarily on clinical and immunopathogenic aspects of food allergic disorders. He chaired working groups that produced standardized criteria for diagnosing anaphylaxis and conducting double-blind placebo-controlled oral food challenges (Practall Guidelines) and was a member of the NIH – NIAID Working Groups formulating Guidelines on Food Allergy.
Dr. Sampson was elected to membership in the National Academy of Medicine in 2003 for his research accomplishments. He has mentored over 50 postdoctoral fellows, many of whom are now leaders in the field, and served in leadership roles in multiple organizations including the Chair of the Section on Allergy & Immunology of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Presidency of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.