37 min
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Peanut components in practice: diagnosing peanut allergy

About this session

Not all peanut allergies are the same—different peanut proteins trigger varying levels of risk. This session focuses on how specific peanut components (e.g., Ara h 1, Ara h 2, Ara h 3) help differentiate between mild sensitization and high-risk peanut allergies, guiding more accurate diagnoses and patient counseling.

Immunoassay

Dr. Robert Hamilton is a professor of medicine and pathology and director of the Dermatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology Reference Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

With expertise in allergy and clinical immunology, he teaches, performs research, and—for the past 42 years—has directed a federally licensed clinical immunology laboratory that performs diagnostic allergy testing. For the past 15 years, he has served as coordinator for the College of American Pathologists’ Diagnostic Allergy Inter-Laboratory Proficiency Survey, which monitors approximately 150 North American laboratories performing diagnostic allergy testing. His current research focuses on the assessment of immunogenicity and allergenicity of new and established drugs and vaccines.