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M-FARA Symposium featured in Allergic Living magazine
The MHWFAC's 2025 M-FARA symposium, held April 7, posed the question "Is it time to think about a cure for food allergy?"

MHWFAC joins elite tier of research programs
The MHWFAC has been awarded a seven-year CoFAR Cooperative Agreement Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to become a center of excellence for food allergy research in the United States.

Undergraduate researcher honored with writing award
Isabella "Baz" Crow , a U-M senior working on an MHWFAC-supported public health project, has earned the Henry Carter Adams Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Writing.

MHWFAC scientist presents at Chicago conference
Evan Velarde , a research specialist in the laboratory of MHWFAC faculty member Catherine Ptaschinski, PhD, presented a talk at the Autumn Immunology Conference in November.

M-SIBS expecting mini baby boom
The M-SIBS food allergy study is gaining momentum in 2025, with four births expected in February to bolster the ranks of tiny participants in the multi-year study that follows infants for their first three years.