The Impact of Environmental, Food, and Contact Allergies on Atopic Dermatitis

At AAAAI / WAO Joint Congress 2025 | February 27, 2025, 12:00 - 4:00 PM Pacific Time 

San Diego, California, USA | San Diego Convention Center, 111 Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA, USA 92101, Upper Level, Room 6B

Join the IEC for a special symposium addressing the Impact of Environmental, Food, and Contact Allergies on Atopic Dermatitis. This symposium will take place prior to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) 2025 Annual Meeting.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

1. Recognize environmental contributors to the development of atopic dermatitis including perinatal antibiotic exposure, air pollutants, and the role of climate change.
2. Discuss the crosstalk between the skin, gut, and lung epithelium in driving allergic conditions.
3. Optimize AD management by correctly identifying adults and children who are appropriate for patch testing and gain strategies to avoid potential contact allergens.
4. Review the changing treatment paradigm of atopic dermatitis and whether novel treatments can halt the atopic march. 

COURSE CO-CHAIRS

JiaDe Yu, MD, MS IEC Councilor | Boston, MA, USA		Ioana Agache, MD IEC Councilor | Brasov, Romania

AGENDA

1:00-1:05 PM Introduction
JiaDe Yu, MD, MS | IEC Councilor | Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

1:05-1:15 PM Welcome from the IEC
Alan Irvine, MD, DSc | IEC President | Trinity College Dublin, Children's Health. Dublin, Ireland

1:15-1:35 PM Role of peripartum antibiotics in the development of atopic dermatitis
Zelma Chiesa Fuxench, MD MSCE | IEC Associate | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

1:35-1:55 PM Environmental Risk Factors in Atopic Dermatitis: Children’s Respiratory Environmental Workgroup Consortium and Childhood Allergies and the Neonatal Environment
Anne Marie Singh, MD | University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

1:55-2:15 PM Recent understandings in the crosstalk of the skin, gut, and lung epithelia
Ioana Agache, MD | IEC Councilor | Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania

2:15-2:35 PM The Bilateral Relationships Between Food Allergy and Atopic Dermatitis
Sharon Chinthrajah, MD | Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

2:35-2:50 PM Break

2:50-3:10 PM Increased Prevalence of Allergic Contact Dermatitis in Atopics
JiaDe Yu MD MS | IEC Councilor | Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

3:10-3:30 PM Irritant Contact Dermatitis in Atopics
Marcella Aquino MD | Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA

3:30-3:50 PM Can We Stop the Atopic March? Are We There Yet?
Wanda Phipatanakul, MD MS | Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

3:50-4:10 PM Novel Pipeline Therapies for Atopic Dermatitis: Beyond IL-13 and JAKi
Raj Chovatiya, MD | IEC Councilor | Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

4:10-4:30 PM The One Health Approach for Atopic Dermatitis
Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD |Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

4:30-4:55 PM Panel Discussion | All Speakers

4:55-5:00 PM Closing Comments & Adjournment

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