Feb 25, 2026
Feb 25, 2026
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FDA Expert Panel on Food Allergies
Panelists:
- Ruchi Gupta, M.D., M.P.H. — Director, Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research (CFAAR), Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern University, Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Clinical Attending, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
- Linda Jones Herbert, Ph.D. — Clinical Psychologist Director, Psychosocial Clinical Program, Allergy and Immunology, Children's National Hospital Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology & Behavioral Health at Children’s National Hospital, Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine
- Michelle Huffaker, M.D. — Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Director of Clinical and Translational Medicine, Immune Tolerance Network
- Richard Iorio, M.D. — Principal Medical Advisor, Food and Drug Administration Emeritus Professor, Harvard Medical School
- Corinne Keet, M.D., Ph.D. — Professor of Pediatrics, Vice Chair of Clinical and Translational Research, Associate Scientific Director of Children's Research Institute, Co-Director of Carolina Child Health Scholars
- Edwin Kim, M.D., M.S. — Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine Division Chief, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Director, UNC Food Allergy Initiative
Associate Program Director, Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Training Program
- Gideon Lack, MBBCH (Oxon) M.A. (Oxon), FRCPCH, FMedSci — Professor of Paediatric Allergy, King’s College London, Head of the Children’s Allergy Clinical Academic Group, King’s Health Partners Institute of Women and Children’s Health at Evelina London, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Stefano Luccioli, M.D. — Senior Physician/ Allergen Coordinator, US Food and Drug Administration, Human Foods Program
- Sung Poblete, Ph.D., R.N. — CEO, Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE)
- Ronald L. Rabin, M.D. — Chief, Laboratory of Immunobiochemistry, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Hugh A. Sampson, M.D. — Kurt Hirschhorn Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus Director; Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Serena and John Liew Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Kelly Stone, M.D., Ph.D. — Supervisory Physician, Associate Director, Division of Pulmonology, Allergy and Critical Care, US Food and Drug Administration
- Alkis Togias, M.D.— Branch Chief, Allergy, Asthma and Airway Biology, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH/NIAID)
*The opinions expressed by the hosts and guests in this show are not necessarily the views of Children’s Health Defense.



