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  • ASCIA Participation in Medical Conferences 2024
    ASCIA’s role in the National Allergy Council Shared Care for Allergy project is to facilitate anaphylaxis and allergy education and training for health professionals, and to promote patient/carer support organisations. This is being achieved in several ways, including: Development...
  • Research Opportunity: Allergic Rhinitis QUT Survey
    Identifying the main concerns of people living with allergic rhinitis (hay fever) will help set priorities for future research. Allergic rhinitis is usually caused by allergy to pollens, dust mites or furry animals, and symptoms include an itchy nose, watery eyes, sneezing or...
  • CHOICE Allergen Immunotherapy study
    CHOICE study coordinators are looking for clinicians to join them in an international multi-centre academic project, which looks at factors that drive the prescription of allergen immunotherapy in real-life clinical settings. Study title: CHOICE = “Criteria Used by Health...
  • ASCIA Highlights 2023-2024
    An ASCIA Report on Highlights 2023-2024 is on the ASCIA website https://www.allergy.org.au/about-ascia/highlights This three page Report comprises: General highlights, including "More than 3 million annual pageviews (~250.000 per month) of the ASCIA website"*  Ten year...
  • AIFA Research Grants 2024
    Congratulations to the recipients of Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA) grants in 2024, who are listed on the AIFA website Since 2015, AIFA has awarded over $790,000 in grants to support 46 allergy and immunology research projects. AIFA is now seeking...
  • Consultations Currently Open for Feedback
    Consultations Currently Open for Feedback include: Draft National Nursing Workforce Strategy - Closing 20 October 2024 - This draft Strategy has been released for consultation and feedback from people and organisations with an interest in the nursing workforce. A...
  • ASCIA Quicklinks Update
    ASCIA Quicklinks were developed in March 2024 to improve access and reduce the need for printing of ASCIA website information, by using QR codes in an A4 format which can be printed or accessed online. The positive response to ASCIA Quicklinks has exceeded expectations. ASCIA...
  • ASCIA Submission - RACP Clinical Immunology and Allergy Advanced Training Curriculum - October 2024
    ASCIA advocates on behalf of ASCIA members to government and other organisations by lodging submissions. ASCIA submitted a response on 7 October 2024 to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) call for feedback on the Development of the Clinical Immunology and...
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