MRC & Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma

Contact Details

Paediatric Unit, Department of Medicine

Kings College London

Lambeth Palace Road

St Thomas' Hospital

London SE1 7EH

Telephone

020 7188 9730

Email

gideon.lack@kcl.ac.uk

Profile

Professor Lack's research has focused on the prevalence of food allergies in children and the relationship between food allergies, eczema, and asthma. He is currently leading two ground-breaking studies, known as the LEAP and EAT studies respectively.
The LEAP study involves over 600 infants with egg allergy and is set to answer questions such as whether eating peanuts during infancy makes the immune system tolerant or sensitive to peanuts consumed later on and whether one approach works better than the other in preventing peanut allergy in children. The randomised controlled trial, known as the EAT study (Enquiring about Tolerance) will involve over 2000 infants and will establish whether the introduction of allergenic foods from three months of age, alongside continued breastfeeding, results in reduced prevalence of food allergies and asthma by three years of age.

MRC & Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma

Last modified: 04 December 2009 11:38