“My professional and personal worlds collided when my one-year-old daughter had a severe allergic reaction to peanut butter. I experienced firsthand what the families of my allergy patients were feeling.” Today’s woman dreamer, Dr. Ruchi Gupta, a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and the Founding Director of the Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research (CFAAR), is world-renowned for her groundbreaking research in the areas of food allergy and asthma epidemiology. For Women’s Health Wednesday, she shares her expertise on all things allergies, and her strong passion for the field.
Read MoreLet’s talk All Things Allergies. Today’s woman dreamer, Dr. Aleena Banerji is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Clinical Director, Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Director of the Drug Allergy Program. She shares her personal story and why she chose to pursue allergy medicine, as well as her expertise and perspective on the most common allergy questions, including desensitization, the exponential rise in food and nut allergies, allergy testing, and common symptoms and conditions to look out for. Thank you Dr. Banerji for this valuable insight!
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