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Food Allergy Science Initiative FASI FASI is a 501c3 non-profit organization working to transform the lives of people with food allergies

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The Food Allergy Science Initiative (FASI) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2016. Our mission is to accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries to transform the lives of people with food allergies.

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend and speak at the FASI 10-Year Anniversary Research Summit at the Broad Instit...
10/13/2026

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend and speak at the FASI 10-Year Anniversary Research Summit at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I shared my personal experience navigating more than fifty food allergies and spoke about the mental health crisis in the food allergy community, along with what it will take to address it: training allergists to recognize and support the mental health side of food allergies, making food allergy care (including treatment and medication) equitable and accessible for all, and creating more opportunities for psychologists to specialize in food allergy.

Meeting and learning from allergists, researchers, and advocates who have dedicated their lives to improving ours left me with so much hope for the future of food allergy care and research!

Thank you to FASI for the invitation and for ten years of work that has changed so many lives. Here’s to the next ten years, and to a future where every person with food allergies gets care for both their body and their mind 💙

10/13/2026

💙 “My dream for the next 10 years is less fear, more freedom, and better options for every child and family living with a food allergy.”

These powerful words from Bella Andjelkovic at FASI-10 capture so much of what drives our mission.

Bella shared how her food allergy journey began as a child with peanut butter toast—and how life has now come full circle as she meets children beginning that same journey.

Her story is a reminder that behind every diagnosis is a child, behind every emergency plan is a family, and behind every scientific discovery is hope for a different future.

As we celebrate a decade of groundbreaking research and begin an exciting new chapter with the Food Allergy Medicines Accelerator (FAMA)™, we are more committed than ever to advancing discoveries toward better treatments and, ultimately, a cure.

Thank you, Bella, for sharing your story and reminding us what the next ten years are really about.

Less fear. More freedom. A brighter future for every family affected by food allergy. 💚

What a week!From keynote speeches by leading scientists to compelling panel conversations on the future of allergy resea...
10/09/2026

What a week!

From keynote speeches by leading scientists to compelling panel conversations on the future of allergy research, the Summit left us feeling more optimistic and determined than ever to shape a better future for people with food allergies.

At the center of that commitment is our new Food Allergy Medicines Accelerator (FAMA)™.

ICYMI, FAMA will take the extraordinary progress that FASI has made over the last 10 years and accelerate it in the direction of the clinic, toward help for families who are counting on us to unlock treatments and – our ultimate goal – a cure.

Curious how you can help? Donate through our website today and 100% of your gift will go towards life-changing scientific research.

https://foodallergyscience.org/food-allergy-medicines-accelerator/

💙💚 What an incredible three days! That's a wrap on FASI-10!We spent this landmark week celebrating ten years of scientif...
10/08/2026

💙💚 What an incredible three days! That's a wrap on FASI-10!

We spent this landmark week celebrating ten years of scientific discovery, bringing together leading researchers, clinicians, families, and partners, and looking ahead to the future of food allergy research.

Our final day offered an exciting glimpse of that future. We heard about promising new approaches to treating food allergies, including a precision immunotherapy, emerging medicines that target allergic responses, improved diagnostic tools, and potential new treatments and biomarkers for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).

We also celebrated an important milestone: the official launch of the Food Allergy Medicines Accelerator (FAMA)™, which will help move promising discoveries closer to becoming new medicines for patients.

Throughout FASI-10, we were reminded that scientific progress is possible because of an extraordinary community of people who believe in a better future for those living with food allergies.

To the families, scientists, speakers, partners, supporters, and everyone who helped make this week possible: thank you.

Ten years ago, we began with questions. Today, we have answers—and a path forward.

We can't wait to see what the next ten years bring! 💚

🚀 Today, we’re taking a decade of scientific discovery and deploying it towards the development of life-saving medicines...
10/07/2026

🚀 Today, we’re taking a decade of scientific discovery and deploying it towards the development of life-saving medicines.

The Food Allergy Medicines Accelerator (FAMA)™ officially launched today and will accelerate the translation of our research into new, transformative therapeutic interventions. FAMA will close a critical gap in the drug development pipeline. Many of the field’s most promising discoveries never reach biotech or pharmaceutical partners because they lack the additional evidence, validated targets, or development plans needed to move forward.

With FAMA, we aim to change that trajectory for the millions of people living with food allergies. Join us on this exciting journey!

https://foodallergyscience.org/food-allergy-medicines-accelerator/

10/07/2026

Food allergy hot takes (part 2) with the experts: Elijah-Alavi Foundation®️Food Allergies & Asthma Education and Tamara Hubbard, LCPC | Therapist | The Food Allergy Counselor, but this time we’re bringing this series to FASI’s 10th anniversary summit 🩵

Which one do you agree with most?

Drop your own hot take below ⬇️
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Food allergies, food allergy awareness, food allergy advocacy

What an incredible first day of FASI-10. 💙💚This afternoon, we continued exploring some of the biggest questions in food ...
10/07/2026

What an incredible first day of FASI-10. 💙💚

This afternoon, we continued exploring some of the biggest questions in food allergy: why patients respond differently to therapies, how communication between the nervous and immune systems shapes disease, what role the microbiome plays, and how these discoveries could lead us toward new treatments.

Then tonight, we came together to celebrate FASI’s 10th anniversary with the remarkable community that has made the past decade possible.

We are especially grateful to the families whose vision, commitment, and support helped bring FASI to life ten years ago—and who continue to make scientific progress possible today.

After a day filled with science, conversation, reflection, and celebration, we are feeling inspired, motivated, and incredibly grateful.

On to Day Two—and the next ten years.

Boston was glowing blue + green for FASI tonight. 💙💚We kicked off by bringing our Principal Investigators together for...
10/06/2026

Boston was glowing blue + green for FASI tonight. 💙💚

We kicked off by bringing our Principal Investigators together for a day of science, collaboration, and reflection—and an evening celebrating the researchers who have powered ten years of discovery.

Seeing the Prudential Center lit in FASI colors was a pretty incredible way to mark the moment.

Ten years of questions, discoveries, and progress. And we’re just getting started.

Just 1 day to go until FASI-10.Tomorrow, our community comes together to celebrate 10 years of discovery, collaboration,...
10/05/2026

Just 1 day to go until FASI-10.

Tomorrow, our community comes together to celebrate 10 years of discovery, collaboration, and progress in food allergy research—and to look ahead to what comes next.

As we get ready to welcome everyone, we want to once again thank the sponsors who helped make this milestone event possible.

A special thank you to our Innovator Sponsors, InBio and DBV Technologies, for their generous support.

We’re also deeply grateful to our community and in-kind sponsors: Citizens Private Bank, Genentech, Regeneron, Withum, Curia, evitria AG, Mabylon AG, Spectrus, ARS Pharmaceuticals, ALK, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Free2b Foods, Partake Foods, Tiny Health, That’s it., Vermont Nut Free Chocolates, Gayle M. Rigione / Allergy Force, Lisa Shapiro Strovink / AllerFund Ventures, and Patty Howard / Be Like Timmy Foundation.

Thank you for being part of FASI-10. We cannot wait to see you at the Summit.

Four days to go.The FASI-10 Summit is almost here—bringing together scientists, clinicians, industry leaders, partners, ...
10/02/2026

Four days to go.

The FASI-10 Summit is almost here—bringing together scientists, clinicians, industry leaders, partners, and families to reflect on a decade of discovery and look ahead to what comes next.

And this year, “what comes next” includes something new.

We’ll be sharing a major announcement at FASI-10—one designed to help move the science we’ve built toward the pathways patients need.

Stay tuned. More on October 5–7.

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