Currently Funded Awards

During 2022, the AAAAI Foundation supported 12 Faculty Development Awards. The support for these multi-year awards is only possible through continued support from our donors. Consider making a gift today.

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