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Dr Chan throughout his research career has focused primarily on food allergy. As of May 2024, he has published over 197 peer-reviewed publications with many other manuscripts in development, and was co-author of several national/international guidelines on food allergy (including the first Canadian guidelines on food oral immunotherapy and several guidelines on the primary prevention of food allergy such as the 2017 NIH (NIAID) peanut allergy prevention guidelines). He was also co-author on American guidelines on the management of eosinophilic esophagitis. Broad research projects for Dr Chan have included safety and effectiveness of oral food immunotherapy in preschoolers, sublingual food immunotherapy in older children and adolescents, epicutaneous peanut immunotherapy, food allergy-associated anxiety tool development, the EoE registry, and a variety of other food allergy research topics. Dr Chan has been on the board of directors of the Canadian Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (CSACI) since 2010 and joined its executive in 2020 (he is currently Vice-President and will be President starting Nov 2024), and was the recipient of its Jerry Dolovich Award for being a leader/role model (2017) and its F. Estelle R. Simons Award for research (2020). He is on the Executive of the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) Allergy Section, Food Allergy Canada’s healthcare advisory board, and the steering committee for Canada’s National Food Allergy Action Plan.
Please see this link for our latest research team members: https://www.bcchr.ca/foodallergy/our-team
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Food-allergy-specific anxiety and distress in parents of children with food allergy: A systematic review
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Clara Westwell-Roper and Sharon To and Gordan Andjelic and Cynthia Lu and Boyee Lin and Lianne Soller and Edmond S. Chan and S. Evelyn Stewart
DOI: 10.1111/pai.13695
01/2022A scoping review protocol for evaluating cost questionnaires aimed at measuring the household financial burden of food allergy
Clinical & Experimental Allergy
Ayel Luis R. Batac and Michael A. Golding and Kaitlyn A. Merrill and Mê-Linh Lê and Andrew T. Fong and Peter S. Hsu and Christopher M. Warren and Priyanka Dadha and Elissa M. Abrams and Edmond S. Chan and Moshe Ben-Shoshan and Lucy A. Bilaver and Ruchi S. Gupta and Jodi A. Shroba and Juho E. Kivistö and Matthew J. Greenhawt and Mika J. Mäkelä and Antonella Muraro and Staffan Ahlstedt and Jennifer L. P. Protudjer
DOI: 10.1111/cea.14493
07/2024Temporal trends in anaphylaxis ED visits over the last decade and the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on these trends
Expert Review of Clinical Immunology
Adnan Al Ali and Sofianne Gabrielli and Luca Delli Colli and Marina Delli Colli and Christine McCusker and Ann E Clarke and Judy Morris and Jocelyn Gravel and Rodrick Lim and Edmond S. Chan and Ran D. Goldman and Andrew O’Keefe and Jennifer Gerdts and Derek K. Chu and Julia Upton and Elana Hochstadter and Jocelyn Moisan and Adam Bretholz and Xun Zhang and Jennifer LP Protudjer and Elissa M. Abrams and Elinor Simons and Moshe Ben-Shoshan
DOI: 10.1080/1744666X.2023.2166934
03/2023Application of the Eosinophilic Esophagitis Histology Scoring System Grade Scores in Patients at British Columbia Children’s Hospital
Fetal and Pediatric Pathology
Justin Cruz and Michael A. Irvine and Vishal Avinashi and Edmond S. Chan and Bruce A. Vallance and Lianne Soller and Jonathan W. Bush
DOI: 10.1080/15513815.2022.2028950
11/2022Canadian parent perceptions of oral food challenges: A qualitative analysis
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Natasha Correa and Jennifer L. P. Protudjer and Elaine Hsu and Lianne Soller and Edmond S. Chan and Harold Kim and Samira Jeimy
DOI: 10.1111/pai.13698
01/2022How to Incorporate Oral Immunotherapy into Your Clinical Practice
Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
Elissa M. Abrams and Stephanie C. Erdle and Scott B. Cameron and Lianne Soller and Edmond S. Chan
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-021-01009-8
04/2021Early Solid Food Introduction: Role in Food Allergy Prevention and Implications for Breastfeeding
The Journal of Pediatrics
Elissa M. Abrams and Matthew Greenhawt and David M. Fleischer and Edmond S. Chan
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.01.053
05/2017Utility of Ara h 2 sIgE levels to predict peanut allergy in Canadian children
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
Sara H. Leo and John M. Dean and Benjamin Jung and Boris Kuzeljevic and Edmond S. Chan
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.04.001
11/2015Characterization of ethnicity among children with eosinophilic esophagitis in British Columbia, Canada
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
Timothy Teoh and Chris Koo and Vishal Avinashi and Edmond S. Chan
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.04.016
09/2015Consensus Communication on Early Peanut Introduction and Prevention of Peanut Allergy in High-Risk Infants
Pediatr Dermatol
David M. Fleischer and Scott Sicherer and Matthew Greenhawt and Dianne Campbell and Edmond Chan and Antonella Muraro and Susanne Halken and Yitzhak Katz and Motohiro Ebisawa and Lawrence Eichenfield and Hugh Sampson and Gideon Lack and George Du Toit and Graham Roberts and Henry Bahnson and Mary Feeney and Jonathan Hourihane and Jonathan Spergel and Michael Young and Amal As'aad and Katrina Allen and Susan Prescott and Sandeep Kapur and Hirohisa Saito and Ioana Agache and Cezmi A. Akdis and Hasan Arshad and Kirsten Beyer and Anthony Dubois and Philippe Eigenmann and Monserrat Fernandez-Rivas and Kate Grimshaw and Karin Hoffman-Sommergruber and Arne Host and Susanne Lau and Liam O'Mahony and Clare Mills and Nikolaus Papadopoulos and Carina Venter and Nancy Agmon-Levin and Aaron Kessel and Richard Antaya and Beth Drolet and Lanny Rosenwasser
DOI: 10.1111/pde.12685
09/2015Consensus communication on early peanut introduction and the prevention of peanut allergy in high-risk infants
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
David M. Fleischer and Scott Sicherer and Matthew Greenhawt and Dianne Campbell and Edmond Chan and Antonella Muraro and Susanne Halken and Yitzhak Katz and Motohiro Ebisawa and Lawrence Eichenfield and Hugh Sampson and Gideon Lack and George Du Toit and Graham Roberts and Henry Bahnson and Mary Feeney and Jonathan Hourihane and Jonathan Spergel and Michael Young and Amal As'aad and Katrina Allen and Susan Prescott and Sandeep Kapur and Hirohisa Saito and Ioana Agache and Cezmi A. Akdis and Hasan Arshad and Kirsten Beyer and Anthony Dubois and Philippe Eigenmann and Monserrat Fernandez-Rivas and Kate Grimshaw and Karin Hoffman-Sommergruber and Arne Host and Susanne Lau and Liam O'Mahony and Clare Mills and Nikolaus Papadopoulos and Carina Venter and Nancy Agmon-Levin and Aaron Kessel and Richard Antaya and Beth Drolet and Lanny Rosenwasser
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.06.001
08/2015Accidental exposures to peanut in a large cohort of Canadian children with peanut allergy
Clin Transl Allergy
Sabrine Cherkaoui and Moshe Ben-Shoshan and Reza Alizadehfar and Yuka Asai and Edmond Chan and Stephen Cheuk and Greg Shand and Yvan St-Pierre and Laurie Harada and Mary Allen and Ann Clarke
DOI: 10.1186/s13601-015-0055-x
04/2015CSACI position statement: systemic effect of inhaled corticosteroids on adrenal suppression in the management of pediatric asthma
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Karine Issa-El-Khoury and Harold Kim and Edmond S Chan and Tim Vander Leek and Francisco Noya
DOI: 10.1186/s13223-015-0075-z
2015Clinical Characteristics Of Seafood Allergy In Canadian Children
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Victoria Cook and Edmond S. Chan and Ann Elaine Clarke and Greg Shand and Moshe Ben-Shoshan
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.12.727
02/2014Epinephrine auto injector administration by parents or patients for anaphylaxis during supervised oral food challenges and assessment of confidence
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Ingrid Baerg and Angela Alexander and Tiffany Wong and Timothy Teoh and Kyla Hildebrand and Sara Leo and Joanne Yeung and John Dean and Edmond Chan
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-s2-a2
2014Dietary exposures and allergy prevention in high-risk infants: a joint position statement of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the Canadian Paediatric Society
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Edmond S Chan and Carl Cummings and Adelle Atkinson and Zave Chad and Marie-Josée Francoeur and Linda Kirste and Douglas Mack and Marie-Noël Primeau and Timothy K Vander Leek and Wade TA Watson
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-45
2014IgE Mediated allergy to wheat in a child with celiac disease
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Tiffany Wong and Edmond S Chan
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-s1-a37
2014IgE-Mediated allergy to wheat in a child with celiac disease – a case report
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Tiffany Wong and Hin Ko and Edmond S Chan
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-56
2014Delayed Introduction of Food and Effect On Incidence of Food Allergy in a Population At High Risk for Atopy: The Canadian Asthma Primary Prevention Study (CAPPS)
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Tiffany Wong and Moira Chan-Yeung and Roxanne Rousseau and Anne Dybuncio and Anita L. Kozyrskyj and Clare Ramsey and Allan Becker and Edmond S. Chan
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.12.1013
02/2013Egg-allergic patients can be safely vaccinated against influenza
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Anne Des Roches and Louis Paradis and Remi Gagnon and Chantal Lemire and Philippe Bégin and Stuart Carr and Edmond S. Chan and Jean Paradis and Lyne Frenette and Manale Ouakki and Mélanie Benoît and Gaston De Serres
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.07.046
11/2012CSACI Position statement on the testing of food-specific IgG
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Stuart Carr and Edmond Chan and Elana Lavine and William Moote
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-8-12
2012Allergic symptoms after pandemic influenza vaccination rarely mediated by vaccine-specific IgE
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Isabelle Rouleau and Gaston De Serres and Jean Philippe Drolet and Devi Banerjee and Chantal Lemire and Andrew Moore and Louis Paradis and Reza Alizadhefar and Anne Des Roches and Edmond S. Chan and Donald Stark and Mélanie Benoit and Danuta M. Skowronski
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.07.019
2012Outcome of diagnostic intervention predicts health-related quality of life scores among children with food allergy
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Linda Kirste and Tim K Takaro and Boris Kuzeljevic and Tiffany Wong and Edmond S Chan
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-8-s1-a9
2012What are the beliefs of pediatricians and dietitians regarding complementary food introduction to prevent allergy?
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Sara H Leo and John M Dean and Edmond S Chan
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-7-s2-a3
2011Serum sickness-like reaction associated with meropenem in a 3-year old child
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Sara H Leo and Edmond S Chan
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-6-s2-p31
2010Safety of H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccines in egg allergic patients in British Columbia
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Sara H Leo and John Dean and Edmond S Chan
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-6-s2-p4
2010Epinephrine for the out-of-hospital (first-aid) treatment of anaphylaxis in infants: Is the ampule/syringe/needle method practical?
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
F.Estelle R. Simons and Edmond S. Chan and Xiaochen Gu and Keith J. Simons
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.119916
2001 - Research
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See above overview
Honours & Awards(2017/10) Jerry Dolovich Award, Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI), presented to a member who demonstrates excellence in clinical work, teaching, and research, and serves as a leader and role model in our specialty. Youngest ever recipient of this award.
(2019/10) Food Allergy Canada's Robyn Allen Leadership Award: the Robyn Allen Leadership Award is given annually to an individual who has made a unique contribution to the lives of Canadians living with severe allergies through their efforts in education, advocacy, community building, leadership, or fundraising. The award is in memory of Robyn Allen, a beautiful young girl who passed away from an allergic reaction. Although a food allergy to peanuts triggered the response, it was lack of awareness that led to her death.
(2019/12) MSA (Medical Staff Association) President’s Award, BC Children’s Hospital, highest award given by Medical Staff Association for achievements in all clinical and academic domains
(2020/10) F. Estelle R. Simons Award for Research, Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI), presented to a member in recognition of his or her exemplary research in the field of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. To be considered for this award, the candidate’s research should be viewed as significant and of benefit to the Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology community.
(2022/09) Donald Stark Award for Excellence in Leadership; Canadian Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Foundation. This award was created in 2021 to honor Dr Donald Stark. It recognizes an individual who has demonstrated leadership excellence in research, education or clinical care and has advanced the field of Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology in Canada. Researchers, educators, clinicians and allied health professionals in the field of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Canada are eligible.
Research Group MembersYasi Ahmadi, Volunteer
Rav Dhaliwal
Jenni Fortkamp, Allergy Clinic Research Secretary
Lisa Gaudet, Allergy Nurse
Zerlyn Lee
Kelly Morrison, Research Nurse
Beverley Ojeaga, Junior Research Assistant
Ann-Marie Schoos
Christina Service, FAIT Research Nurse
Bri Shardlow, Research nurse
Frederikke Skov, PhD Student
Lianne Soller, Allergy Research Manager
Brock Williams, Research Fellow
A safer treatment path for high-risk children to overcome food allergies
New research from BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and UBC reveals a safe path to overcoming food allergies for older children or building resistance for those who can’t risk consuming allergens. It’s called sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT), and it involves placing small amounts of food allergens under the tongue.
