Awardees

Short Term Research Fellowship

Name: Gustavo Jorge Molina
Project title: In Vitro Diagnostic Tests For Perioperative Hypersensitivity And Immediate Hypersensitivity Reactions To Antibiotics
Host institution: University Hospital Antwerp

Name: Kristin Boykova Boteva
Project title: Susceptibility Factors For Herpes Simplex Infections In Patients Suffering From Atopic Dermatitis
Host institution: Hannover Medical School

Name: Mario Lovric
Project title: Application Of Novel Non-Linear Dimensionality Reduction (NLDR) Techniques To Pattern Recognition In Childhood Asthma
Host institution: COPSAC, Herlev & Gentofte Hospital

Name: Sandip D Kamath
Project title: Investigation Of T-Cell Cross-Reactivity To Invertebrate Pan-Allergen Tropomyosin Among House Dust Mite And Shellfish Allergy Sufferers
Host institution: Medical University of Vienna

Medium Term Research Fellowship

Name:  Jialing Jiang
Project title:  Understanding The Role Of Environmental Allergen Exposure And The Microbiome In Food Allergy Development
Host institution: King`s College London

Name: Sara Benazzouz
Project title: Systemic Effects Of Atopic Dermatitis In Skin- And Oral-Mediated Sensitization To Food Allergens
Host institution: Technical University of Denmark

Long Term Research Fellowship

Name:  Ruben Fernandez Santamaria
Project title: Amoxicillin-Specific B Cell Characterisation In Beta-Lactam Allergic Patients
Host institution: Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich

Name:  Didem Sanver Akbas
Project title: Novel Liposomal Delivery Systems For Allergy Studies
Host institution: Imperial College, London

Name: Carole Florence Guillet
Project title: Characterizing The Function And Signal Transduction Pathways In Kit-D816V+ Mast Cells And Potential Implications In Mast Cell Activation In Systemic Mastocytosis
Host institution: Imperial College London

Name: Karolina Dumycz
Project title: Value Of Monocytes And Dendritic Cells Phenotype As A Biomarker For The Future Stratification Of Atopic Dermatitis
Host institution: University Hospital of Bonn



Name:  Qing Qing Xu, Beijing, China
Project title:   Learn The Most Advanced And Standardized AIT Techniques In Europe
Host institution:  University Hospital, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany

Name:  Anna Borushko, Minsk, Belarus
Project title:  Drug Allergy Clinical Diagnosis
Host institution:  Hospital Arnaud de Villeneuve, University Montpellier, Montpellier, Paris

Name:  Francesca Losa, Cagliari, Italy
Project title:  Adverse Effects Of β2-Agonists
Host institution:  National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Londong, UK

Name:  Luca Pecoraro, Verona, Italy
Project title:  Immunotherapy In Children For The Treatment Of Respiratory And Food Allergies
Host institution:  Servicio de Alergia Hospital, General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain

Name:  Sofia Martins Farinha, Setúbal, Portugal
Project title:  Developing Skills In Drug Desensitization Protocols
Host institution:  Hospital Duran i Reynals (ICO L'Hospitalet), Barcelona, Spain

Name:  Claudia Rita, Madrid, Spain
Project title:  Clinical Fellowship
Host institution:  Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Name:  Maria Nivatsi, Thessaloniki, Greece
Project title:  Clinical Fellowhsip
Host institution:  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK


Research Fellowships

Short term Research Fellowship

Name:  Yi-Ting Tseng, Kyoto, Japan
Project title:  Predicting The Severity Of The Next Pollen Season By Using A “Hidden Markov Model”
Host institution:  ZAUM Zentrum, Munich, Germany

Name:  Mohamed Mounir Chentouh, Annaba, Algeria
Project title:  Assessment of the allergenicity of a new legume flour
Host institution:  Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Name:  Tiago Azenha Rama, Porto, Portugal
Project title:  Bone involvement in systemic mastocytosis:a study on the utility of clinical characteristics, analytical markers and radiological changes on the prevention, diagnosis and prognosis of bone
Host institution:  Instituto de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla-la-Mancha Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain

Medium Term Research Fellowship

Name:  Kai Sen Tan, Singapore, Singapore
Project title:  Abnormal Energy Profile Of Inflamed Nasal Epithelium Affecting Ciliary Assembly And Function As Mechanism Of Secondary Ciliary Dyskinesia
Host institution:  National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK

Name:  Katrine Yderstræde Baumann, Copenhagen, Denmark
Project title:  Use Of Ex Vivo Skin Microdialysis To Identify The Underlying Mechanisms Of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
Host institution:  Charité – Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Name:  Chiara Tontini, Ancona, Italy
Project title:  Immunologic Effects Of Omalizumab On Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Subsets In Patients With Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
Host institution:  Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Long Term Research Fellowship

Name:  Yasutaka Mitamura, Saga, Japan
Project title:  Molecular Features Between Atopic Dermatitis Nonlesional Skin And Lesions: Therapeutic Targets For Long Term Efficacy
Host institution:  Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), Davos Platz, Switzerland

Name:  Jelle Folkerts, Berlin, Germany
Project title:  Epigenetic Regulation Of Mast Cell Activity By Butyrate: Implications For Allergic Airway Inflammation
Host institution:  Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands


Fellowship winners 2018

Clinical Fellowships

Name: Marija S. Stankovic, Serbia
Project title: Cutaneous allergy
Host institution: Specialist Ambulatory Services,, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Name: Murat Türk, Turkey
Project title: Chronic spontaneous urticaria
Host institution: Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Name: Bárbara Alexandra De Kong Cardoso, Portugal
Project title: Optimizing protocols in drug hypersensitivity
Host institution: Département de Pneumologie et Addictologie Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve - University Hospital of Montpellier, France

Name: María Dolores Guerra Vilaplana, Spain
Project title: Clinical fellowship
Host institution: Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Name: Manar Farouk Mohamed Ali, Egypt
Project title: Personalized approach to airway inflammatory diseases
Host institution: Humanitas University - Milano, Italy

Name: Ilaria Lazzarato, Italy
Project title: Clinical fellowship
Host institution: Hospital Universitario La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid, Spain

Name: Karthik Nagaraju, India
Project title: Respiratory microbiome and its role in asthma
Host institution: Allergy department, P&A Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Second Pediatric Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Name: Gintare Paulikaite, Lithuania
Project title: Diagnosing and managing primary immunodeficient patients: creating an effective network
Host institution: Barts Health NHS Trust, Immunology Department, Royal London Hospital, Barts, United Kingdom

Name: Noura Mohammad Shakaroun, Lebanon
Project title: Pulmonary and critical care
Host institution: Regional Hospital of Malaga, IBIMA, Málaga, Spain

Research Fellowships

Short term Research Fellowship

Name: Katrine Tange Callesen, Denmark
Project title: Heterogeneity in barrier integrity of human vasculature during anaphylaxis
Host institution: Department of Immunology, Hospital Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain

Name: Ibon Eguiluz-Gracia, Spain
Project title: Identification of response biomarkers to allergen immunotherapy in local allergic rhinitis patients
Host institution: Section, Allergy-Clinical Immunology, Inflammation, Repair and Development, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Name: Marta De Los Reyes Jimenez, Germany
Project title: Dissecting the mechanisms of steroid resistant leukotriene synthesis in macrophages from Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD) patients
Host institution: Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Name: Margherita Deidda, Italy
Project title: Can behaviour analysis of individual mast cells and basophils lift the veil of anaphylaxis in mastocytosis?
Host institution: Wilrijkstraat, Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium

Name: Tatsiana Vladimirovna Hlinkina, Belarus
Project title: The influence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp) and cards toxin on the human airway epithelium: the effect of surfactant protein a on the Mp pathogenicity In Vitro
Host institution: Medical University of Lodz, Poland

Name: Majda Dzidic, Spain
Project title: The Impact of breastmilk on immune cell responses in relation to allergy development
Host institution: Stockholm University, Department of Molecular Biosciences,, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Sweden

Name: Inês Ribeiro Paciência, Portugal
Project title: How indoor environment can shape human microbiome: culture-independent approaches
Host institution: Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland

Medium Term Research Fellowship

Name: Juan Rodriguez-Coira, Spain
Project title: Immunophenotyping and peripheral blood mononuclear cell-based metabolomics of severe allergic patients to olive pollen
Host institution: Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Switzerland

Name: Galber Rodrigues Araujo, Brazil
Project title: In Vivo application of TGF-ß1- and IL-10-like peptides for immunomodulation of allergic responses
Host institution: University of Salzburg, Department of Molecular Biology, Austria

Name: Filipa Matos Semedo, Portugal
Project title: House dust mite molecular sensitization profile - A 20 years assessment of dermatophagoides pteronyssinus allergic patients concerning clinical data and specific IgE to major allergens Der P 1, Der P 2 and Der P 23
Host institution: Center for Pathophysiology, Infectology and Immunology, Dept. of Pa thophysiology andAllergy Research / Division of Immunopathology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Name: Marija Branimir Perusko, Serbia
Project title: Insights into the allergenic relationship between cow's milk and red meat
Host institution: Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

Name: Charlotte Moulin, Belgium
Project title: Study of class-switch history of Mucosal B cells in the asthma lung
Host institution: Blizard Institute, Barts and The London Medical School, Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom

Long Term Research Fellowship

Name: Naiera Medhat Zayed, Egypt
Project title: Study of the nasal epithelial barrier restoring capacity of anti-inflammatory antibiotics in rhinosinusitis
Host institution: Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

Name: Marsela Dervishaj, Albania
Project title: Influence of maternal suboptimal diet and supplement intake during pregnancy on structural and functional lung adaptations in childhood
Host institution: Peadriatic Respiratory Medicineat Erasmus MC, Sophia's Children Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Name: Justyna Czeladzka, Poland
Project title: The Mechanisms and biomarkers of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in athletes. A bicentric clinical study
Host institution: Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria


Fellowship winners 2017

Clinical Fellowships

Name: Lucia Diaferio, Italy
Project title: Reducing Skin Tests to Diagnose Beta Lactams Allergy is a Safe Possibility in Children
Host institution: Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, University Hospital of Montpellier, France

Name: Kotryna Linauskiene, Lithuania
Project title: Contact Allergy
Host institution: Department of Occupational & Environmental Dermatology, Skanes University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden

Name: Agne Ramonaite, Lithuania
Project title: Raise Skills on Drug Hypersensitivity Area: Clinical Evaluation, Investigation and Management
Host institution: Hospital Central Cruz Roja, Madrid, Spain

Name: Medhat M. A. Elamawy, Egypt
Project title: Non-Canonical NF Kappa B Signalling in Patients with Antibody Deficiency
Host institution: King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Director of Clinical Immunology & Allergy, London, United Kingdom

Name: Alessandra Arcolaci, Italy
Project title: Drug Allergy
Host institution: UGC Allergy Regional Hospital of Malaga IBIMA, Spain

Name: Mariam Movsisyan, Armenia
Project title: Differences between Armenia and Spain in Severe Cutaneous Reactions, Culprit Drugs
Host institution: Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Name: Kit Liang Gan, Malaysia
Project title: A Review on the Management of Allergic Rhinitis
Host institution: Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Name: Maria Teresa Gonzales, Peru
Project title: Clinical Fellowship
Host institution: St Mary’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Research Fellowships

Short term Research Fellowship

Name: Anand Kumar Andiappan, Singapore
Project title: An Integrated Approach for the Genome-Wide Identification of Allergic Rhinitis-Related Expression Quantitative Trait Loci (AReQTL) in two different Allergen Environments
Host institution: Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Stockholm, Sweden

Name: Carla Mastrorilli, Italy
Project title: Molecular IgE Sensitization Profiles of Actinidia, Deliciosa in Patients with Kiwifruit Allergy: A Multicenter Stud
Host institution: Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Austria

Name: Gyaviira Nkurunungi, Uganda
Project title: Component-Based Microarray-Assisted Assessment of Allergen-Specific IgE Recognition Profiles in Rural and Urban Uganda
Host institution: Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Name: Elisa Corsiero, United Kingdom
Project title: Targeting Rheumatoid Arthritis with Monoclonal Antibodies Derived from Single Synovial B Cells: How to improve Diagnosis and Therapy
Host institution: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy

Name: Youcef Shahali, Iran
Project title: In-depth proteomic analysis of propolis allergens using combinatorial peptide ligand
Host institution: Luxembourg Institute of Health, Koch, Luxembourg

Medium Term Research Fellowship

Name: Stefani Arasi, Italy
Project title: Clinical Validation of an Innovative MultiParametric Test in Allergic Rhinitis
Host institution: Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany

Name: Eva-Maria Rick, United Kingdom
Project title: Characterisation of Aspergillus Niger and A. Tubingensis related Allergens Relevant to Asthma
Host institution: FH Campus, Wien, Austria

Name: Africa Sanchez, Spain
Project title: Study of the Allergenic Properties of Tree Nuts Subjected to Thermal Processing and Identification of Potential New Allergens
Host institution: University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany

Name: Omursen Yildirim, Turkey
Project title: Kinetics and Effect of Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells on Nasal Tissue of Allergic Rhinitis after Repetitive Allergen Challenge and its Relation to TGF-Beta
Host institution: Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Long Term Research Fellowship

Name: Pattraporn Satitsuksanoa, Thailand
Project title: Biomarkers and Mechanisms of Food Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy and Immune Tolerance to Food Antigens
Host institution: Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Reasearch (SIAF), Davos, Switzerland

Name: Dries Paul Van Elst, Poland
Project title: Innate Immune Receptors (NLRs, RLRs, ALRs), Regulate Epithelial Barrier Integrity in Asthma
Host institution: Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Reasearch (SIAF), Davos, Switzerland

Name: Galber Rodrigues Araujo, Brazil
Project title: TGF-ß1-Like Peptides for Immunomodulation in Allergy
Host institution: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Vienna, Austria

Name: Ilean Maria Ghiordanescu, Romania
Project title: Effect of JAK Inhibition on Immunologic Memory as Basis for Facilitating Tolerance Induction During Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy
Host institution: Center ofAllergy and Environment (ZAUM), Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany

Name: Carmen Riggioni, Costa Rica
Project title: Desensitization vs. sustained unresponsiveness : analyzing long term efficacy of oral food immunotherapy in cows milk or egg allergic children
Host institution: Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona, Spain