EVENTS

Event Title	UNC Food Allergy Initiative Symposium
Location	North Carolina Botanical Garden
Sponsor	UNC Food Allergy Initiative
Date/Time	09/19/2025 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

For more information, contact the event administrator: Emma Blair Emma_Blair@med.unc.edu

Event Presenters

Name	Title
Dr. Hugh Sampson, MD	Kurt Hirschhorn Professor of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dr. Edwin Kim, MD, MS	Director, UNC Food Allergy Initiative
Dr. Timothy Moran, MD, PhD	Moran Lab, UNC Food Allergy Initiative
Dr. Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, MS	Co-Director, UNC Food Allergy Initiative
Dr. Lauren Herlihy, DNP, APRN, CPNP	Clinical Research Operations Manager, UNC Food Allergy Initiative
Dr. Katherine Jordan, MD	Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program; Medical Director, UNC Children's Primary Care Clinic
Erin Hosein, MA, MS, RD, LD	UNC Graduate Student
Dr. Katherine Caid, MD	UNC Allergy and Immunology Fellow

UNC FOOD ALLERGY INITIATIVE
2025 RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

We would like to invite food-allergic patients and families, students, healthcare professionals, research or industry professionals, and anyone interested in learning more about food allergy research to join us on Friday, September 19, 2025 for the first UNC Food Allergy Initiative Research Symposium! The event is free to attend and lunch will be provided.

Our keynote speaker is Dr. Hugh Sampson, Emeritus Director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Other presenters include members of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative's clinical and laboratory team.
The full agenda will be published on our website prior to the event. This is an in-person event.

If you have any questions, please email our event administrator: emma_blair@med.unc.edu