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Our Background

Food allergies are a severe public health threat affecting 32 million children and adults in the U.S. alone. There are many unknowns about the science behind food allergies, and diagnostics and treatments remain very limited. A pioneer in food allergy science, the Food Allergy Science Initiative (FASI) is a nonprofit research organization with an urgent mission: accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries to transform the lives of people living with food allergies. Our research will improve how we diagnose, treat, and prevent food allergies for the millions of adults and children living with them.

FASI was launched at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in 2016 and became an independent nonprofit organization in 2021. In 2023, FASI appointed a new Chief Executive Officer, established its internal scientific team and administration and developed a strategic research plan to accelerate the development of therapies for food allergies and associated diseases.

FASI’s work has attracted significant funding and prominent researchers from across the country, including Dr. Ruslan Medzhitov, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University. Dr. Medzhitov is the scientific thought leader behind FASI and has brought together a group of scientists in neuroscience, immunology, gastroenterology, and infectious diseases to collaborate on this scientific effort. FASI is now working with 21 different laboratories and a network of 100+ scientists. In a short time, FASI has catalyzed transformative discoveries in the neuro-immune axis, gut cell atlas and advanced fundamental questions underlying the immunological pathways in food allergy science. The next chapter of FASI will be in translating the breakthrough scientific research into transformative diagnostics, treatments, and prevention of food allergies