Dr. Jennifer Protudjer, is the Endowed Research Chair in Allergy, Asthma and the Environment; and, an associate professor, the Associate Director – Research; and Director, Pediatric Graduate Program, in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba; a research scientist at the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba; She also holds an adjunct professorship in the Department of Foods and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba; and, and is an affiliated researcher at the Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden, where she completed two post-doctoral fellowships.

Her primary research interests include environmental risk factors for, primary and secondary prevention of, and societal consequences of allergic disease.

She was the lead architect on two educational programs: the Pediatric Graduate Program, at the University of Manitoba; and, the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology’s Food Allergy Educator Program.

Her service roles include Section Head, Allied Health, and, Co-Lead of the Research Pillar, for the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; member, steering committee for Canada’s National Food Allergy Action Plan; and, lead, Food Insecurity Working Group, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Dr. Elissa Abrams is a Professor at the University of Manitoba and holds an adjunct appointment at UBC. She is President of the Allergy Section of the Canadian Pediatric Society, Chair of the Food Allergy/Anaphylaxis Section of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and member of the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters. She is a Senior Medical Advisor at Public Health Agency of Canada. She has a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins with a focus on health systems and policy. She has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and co-authored over 15 allergy practice guidelines through the CPS and CSACI.

Dr. Ben-Shoshan is recognized as a global authority on the epidemiology of food allergy, anaphylaxis, chronic urticaria and drug allergy. He has led numerous research initiatives related to food allergy and anaphylaxis and secured operating as well as salary support for his research from CIHR, AllerGen NCE, Health Canada, patient advocacy organizations, and industry. His established registries resulted in over 170 publications in allergy and pediatric journals. His supervised students (more than 55 in total) have won international prizes for presentations of abstracts related to drug allergies and food allergies. Dr. Ben-Shoshan frequently engages with media as a scientific communicator with TV appearances on more than 90 TV radio/journal interviews on drug allergy, food allergy, anaphylaxis, and chronic urticaria. He is part of the board members of Food Allergy Canada and the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and has provided webinars for the lay public on drug allergy, food allergy, and chronic urticaria. Dr. Ben-Shoshan chose the Department of Pediatrics as his work can have a major impact on families, and it allows to set a child/teenager up for success.

He is on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.

Beatrice Povolo is the Director, Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs at Food Allergy Canada. In this capacity, she leads the organization’s food safety initiatives working with both government and industry stakeholders, with a specific focus on access to accurate ingredient information in food labelling and foodservice. She is actively involved in international discussions related to allergen management as a member of the Health Canada delegation for the CODEX Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) and collaborates internationally with other patient organizations globally. Beatrice is currently the Project Management Lead for a multi-stakeholder initiative for the development of Allergen Management and Pre-cautionary Allergen Labelling Guidelines for the Canadian food industry. She graduated from the University of Toronto, with an Honours BA in political science and economics.

Dr. Mack is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University and is the Vice President, Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. His interests include early childhood allergy prevention, anaphylaxis education and oral food immunotherapy.

Dr. Venter is a Professor and Specialist Dietitian in Allergy and Immunonutrition. She is the past chair of the International Network of Dietitians and Nutritionists in Allergy, and a member of the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (AAAAI), American College of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (ACAAI), European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI). Dr. Venter is a senior advisor to Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE). She is a registered dietitian in the United Kingdom and United States. She has had publications in international journals, book chapters and edited a book on Food Hypersensitivity. She moved from the UK in 2015 where she had been performing research into allergy prevention and prevention.

She was a member of the EAACI and AAAAI food allergy guidelines on Allergy Prevention and the EAACI guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy guidelines., the NICE (UK) food allergy guidelines and the National Institutes for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Peanut Allergy Prevention Guidelines. Dr. Venter is currently the chair of the EAACI work group on Immunomodulation and nutrition.

Marion Groetch is the Director of Nutrition Services at the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute and Associate Professor in the Division of Allergy & Immunology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her primary responsibilities include providing clinical care, leadership in food allergy research, and professional education. She is a registered dietitian nutritionist with over 25 years of pediatric experience, most of which has been focused on caring for patients and their families living with food allergy. Due to her unique and extensive experience and her international recognition in the field of nutrition and food allergy, Marion has had the opportunity to teach, around the world, to dietitians, physicians, nurses, and the lay public on diverse nutrition topics. She has contributed significantly to academic research having been asked to join or lead consensus and guideline publications on wide-ranging food allergy topics.

Marion is an active member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research and Outreach Committee, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) Adverse Reactions to Foods Committee, the AAAAI Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases Committee, and is the Chair of the International Network for Diet and Nutrition in Allergy (INDANA). She serves on the Executive Editorial Board of the Journal of Food Allergy. Marion enjoys supporting patient advocacy groups as a senior advisor to Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE), on the Medical Advisory Board of International Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (IFPIES), and as a member of the American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders (APFED) Health Sciences Advisory Council. Her awards include the 2015 AAAAI Allied Health Professionals Recognition Award acknowledging her role as a leader, mentor and educator. Marion enjoys collaborating with health care professionals and patient advocacy groups in her quest to improve the lives of families living with food allergy

Dr. Kim graduated from medicine at Western University and completed his training in allergy and clinical immunology in London. He is an associate professor at Western and assistant clinical professor at McMaster University. He practices in Kitchener, London and Clinton.

Dr Kim is the past president of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and past president of the Canadian Network of Respiratory Care.