Statement from Ilana Golant, Founder and CEO of the Food Allergy Fund
Statement from Ilana Golant, Founder and CEO of the Food Allergy Fund
Food Allergy Fund Thanks ARPA-H for Prioritizing Allergic Disease
Wade Shen, Director of Proactive Health for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), spoke today about the agency’s strategic priorities for advancing research and innovation to prevent, mitigate, and delay diseases, including food allergies at the Food Allergy Fund Summit at the Paley Center for Media in New York City.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at the Food Allergy Fund Summit in New York City, Wade Shen, Director of Proactive Health at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), shared the agency’s strategic priorities for advancing research and innovation to prevent, mitigate, and delay diseases, including food allergies and other urgent health challenges. He encouraged the event’s attendees and the larger research community to engage with the agency as it helps to accelerate work on food allergies.
“On behalf of the Food Allergy Fund and our entire community, I extend my heartfelt thanks to Wade Shen and Dr. Jason Roos for affirming the agency’s commitment to making allergic diseases a national health priority. Your leadership in driving research into the root causes of food allergies is essential to our mission: to prevent, treat, and ultimately cure this chronic disease. ARPA-H’s bold, future-focused approach to funding transformative science reflects the growing recognition of food allergies as a serious and escalating public health issue.
“Food allergies are the canary in the coal mine for chronic disease and addressing them can unlock critical insights that can transform the future of public health. We are grateful for your partnership and dedication to advancing meaningful change for the millions of Americans affected by food allergies.”
About the Food Allergy Fund
The Food Allergy Fund (FAF) is the leading nonprofit dedicated to funding cutting-edge research to prevent, diagnose, and treat food allergies, a growing public health crisis affecting 10 percent of people in the United States and more than 300 million globally. Through innovative research grants and thought leadership summits, FAF is an incubator and convener, uniting scientists, policymakers, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs to drive breakthroughs. FAF’s mission is to create a future where no one has to suffer from food allergies. To learn more, visit www.foodallergyfund.org.
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