Allergy in Practice Course (2025)

Tuesday 20th May 2025 to Thursday 5th June 2025

Programme

The course is 4 days - split into 2 days online (which can be booked independently) and the second pair of days which are run face-to-face

 

Dates:

  • Virtual study days: 20th and 21st May 2025 online - lectures, seminars, discussions
  • Face-to-face study days: 4th and 5th June 2025, London - seminars, practical sessions, small group work, simulation training

 

PROGRAMME

Please note, the programme below is provisional and is subject to change. The final programme and speakers will be confirmed closer to the course dates.

Day 1: Tuesday 20th May 2025, Virtual via Zoom

 

Topic

Speaker

09.00-09.30

Welcome and Introductions

Faculty

09.30-10.15

Epidemiology

Rebecca Batt

10.15-11.00

Basic immunology

Dr Alex Santos

11.00-11.15

Break

11.15-11.45

Taking an Allergy Focused History

Dr Morium Akthar

11.45-12.30

What is Immunotherapy?

Dr Tom Marrs

12.30-13.15

Lunch

13.15-14.15

Pharmacological Management

Rebecca Batt

14.15-15.00

Diagnostic techniques

Dr Kate Swan

15.00-15.10

Break

15.10-16.00

Psychological Impact of Allergic Disease

Rebecca Arnold

Q&A and close of day

 

 

Day 2: Wednesdday 21st May 2025 - Virtual via Zoom

 

Topic

Speaker

08.55-09.00

Welcome

Dr Klara Liddell

09.00-09.45

Allergic Rhinitis & Immunotherapy

Mary-Jo Fogarty

09.45-10.30

Asthma

Dr Sejal Saglani

10.30-10.45

Break

10.45-11.30

Drug Allergy

Dr Prathap Pilai

11.30-12.30

Eczema

Dr Danielle Greenblatt

12.30-13.00

Lunch

13.00-14.00

Urticaria (including biologics)

Dr Andreina Marquesmejias

14.00-14.30

Venom Allergy

Dr Joanna Lukowska

14.30-15.00

Break

15.00-15.45

Pregnancy, Infant feeding, Early Introduction

Dr Tom Marrs

15.45-16.30

Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES)

Anna Conrad

Q&A and close of day

 

Day 3: Wednesday 4th June 2025 - Face to Face, London

 

Topic

Speaker

09.00-09.05

Welcome and Introductions

Faculty

09.05-09.50

Introduction to food allergy including food avoidance and food labelling

Sara Dawson

09.50-10.30

Case Study Discussion - Anaphylaxis

Rebecca Batt

10.30-10.45

Break

10.45-11.45

Case Study - Interactive History Taking and Food Allergy in Children

Rachel De Boer & Rebecca Brocklehurst

11.45-12.30

Non-IgE Mediated Allergy in Adults: When is it not IgE mediated

Marianne Williams

12.30-13.15

Lunch

13.15-13.45

Oral Food Challenges

Anna Conrad

13.45-14.15

Milk Oral Immunotherapy

Anna Conrad

14.15-14.45

Peanut Oral Immunotherapy

Katherine Knight

14.45-15.00

Break

15.00-15.45

Adult Allergy

Isabel Skypala

15.45-16.15

Spirometry & FeNO

Dan Woodcock

Q&A and close of day

 

 

Day 4: Thursday 5th June, 2025 - Face to Face, London

 

Topic

Speaker

09.00-09.10

Welcome to the Practical Day

Faculty

09.10-10.00

Practical Skin Prick Testing

Drug Allergy Testing

TBC

10.00-10.15

Break

10.15-11.15

Conversations for empowerment

Russell Harvey, The Resilience Coach

11.15-12.00

Eczema Practical Management

Ruth Bell

12.00-12.45

Practical Management of Respiratory Illness

Ashira Simmons

12.45-13.30

Lunch

13.30-16.15

SAIL centre for practical management of allergic reactions

TBC

16.15-16.30

End of course discussions

Faculty