Weiser Food Allergy Center tapped to join elite research network

(Photo of a woman wearing lab goggles while sitting in front of a microscope.) — (Image courtesy of the Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center.)

The Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center (MHWFAC) at U-M has been named a Discovery Center of Distinction by FARE, the leading food allergy research, advocacy, and education organization.

The prestigious award adds the MHWFAC to the FARE Clinical Network, which was established in 2015 to link top food allergy centers nationwide for collaboration on the development of new therapies for people with food allergies.

“We are extremely honored to be a part of this national network organized by FARE, assembling leading food allergy researchers from around the country to focus on finding new solutions and therapies for patients,” said James R. Baker Jr., M.D., founding director of the MHWFAC and former CEO of FARE. “This is a renewal of FARE’s clinical network, which has been so important to food allergy science in the past. We are confident that continuing collaborations to advance new discovery will result in novel treatments for this challenging condition.”