How Can We Prevent and Manage Allergies and Chronic Respiratory Diseases More Effectively?

Grant number: 509382 | Funding period: 2008 - 2012

Completed

Abstract

Allergies and chronic respiratory diseases are major causes of illness and death in Australia. Worryingly there are still many gaps in knowledge on how best to prevent and manage these diseases. The proposed program will investigate these questions and provide evidence to guide health policy and clinical management. As this program is built on state-of the-art methods and technology, these original Australian findings will be of great importance internationally.

Related publications (5)

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Environmental and demographic risk factors for egg allergy in a population-based study of infants

JJ Koplin, SC Dharmage, AL Ponsonby, MLK Tang, AJ Lowe, LC Gurrin, NJ Osborne, PE Martin, MN Robinson, M Wake, DJ Hill, KJ Allen

2012-11-01

Background Although egg allergy is the most common food allergy in infants and young children, risk factors for egg allergy remain..

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Genome-Wide Association Studies of Asthma in Population-Based Cohorts Confirm Known and Suggested Loci and Identify an Additional Association near HLA

A Ramasamy, M Kuokkanen, S Vedantam, ZK Gajdos, A Couto Alves, HN Lyon, MAR Ferreira, DP Strachan, JH Zhao, MJ Abramson, MA Brown, L Coin, SC Dharmage, DL Duffy, T Haahtela, AC Heath, C Janson, M Kähönen, KT Khaw, J Laitinen

2012-09-28

Rationale: Asthma has substantial morbidity and mortality and a strong genetic component, but identification of genetic risk facto..

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No H1N1 detected in children admitted to hospital with asthma during the H1N1 pandemic

B Erbas, M O'Sullivan, SC Dharmage, J Druce, KJ Allen, MLK Tang, PG Bardin, MJ Abramson

2012-09-01

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Perinatal cat and dog exposure and the risk of asthma and allergy in the urban environment: A systematic review of longitudinal studies

CJ Lodge, KJ Allen, AJ Lowe, DJ Hill, CS Hosking, MJ Abramson, SC Dharmage

2012-01-13

Background. The literature is contradictory concerning pet exposure and the risk of development of asthma and other allergic disea..

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Childhood infections and the risk of asthma: A longitudinal study over 37 years

JA Burgess, MJ Abramson, LC Gurrin, GB Byrnes, MC Matheson, CL May, GG Giles, DP Johns, JL Hopper, EH Walters, SC Dharmage

2012-01-01

Background: Few studies have examined common childhood infections and adult asthma. We examined associations between childhood inf..

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