Presentations

2018 Presentations

• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Old Order Lifestyle is Associated with Low Prevalence of Pediatric Food Allergy and a Robust Mucosal IgA Production." In-FLAME Conference, Banff, AB, Canada, April 5, 2018.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "State of the art of food allergy with special focus on cow’s milk protein allergy." European Society on Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 2018 annual conference. Invited symposium talk. Geneva, Switzerland May 11, 2018.

2017 Presentations

• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Variations in human milk composition – Impact of immune development and allergic disease susceptibility." 5th Annual Conference on Human Milk Science and Innovation. Invited Talk. Pasadena, CA, Sep 7, 2017.
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• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Human milk bioactives and development of food allergy in infants." Seminar. Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research. Davos, Switzerland, Sep 29, 2017.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Prevalence of Childhood Food Allergy Among Older Order Mennonites (OOM) in Western New York, Introduction of Foods and Breastfeeding." EAACI Oral abstract, Helsinki, Finland, June 1017.
• Antti Seppo. "IgA to Cow’s Milk Differs Between Breast Milk and Serum for its Epitope Specificity." EAACI poster session, Helsinki, Finland, June 1017.
• John Varrone. "Immunomodulatory Factors Present in Human Breast Milk Induce T Cell-independent IgA Class Switch Recombination in Naïve B Cells." International Congress on Mucosal Immunology, Washington, DC, July 2017.
• Sade Fridy. "Breast Milk IgA Specificity in Old Order Mennonites." University of Rochester. Lung Biology Research Day poster session, January 2017.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Natural History of FPIES in Children and Adults." AAAAI Annual Meeting, Workshop, March 3, 2017, Atlanta, GA.
• Antti Seppo. "High Microbiome Diversity and IgA Responses in Breast Milk of Old Order Mennonites with a Low Prevalence of Allergic Diseases." AAAAI Annual Meeting, Oral abstract, March, 2017, Atlanta, GA.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Developmental Insights to Food Allergy and its Prevention. Compositional Variations in Mother’s Milk – Impact on Immune Development and Disease Susceptibility." Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA. March 20-21, 2017.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Development of the Infant Immune System and the Role of Breast Milk." Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. April 14, 2017.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Breast Milk IgA specificity in Old Order Mennonites- Lower Allergy Prevalence." In-FLAME Conference, New York, NY May 4, 2017.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Old Order Mennonites - A Model Population for Low Risk of Food Allergy and Breast Milk Composition." University of Rochester Medical Center, Dept. of Pediatrics, Clinical and Translational Research Seminar, Rochester, NY. May 15, 2017.

2016 Presentations

• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Impact of Elimination Diets on the Growth and Nutritional Status During Milk Allergy." 3rd Annual International Meeting on Growth and Nutrition. Vienna, March 2016.
• Jessica Stern. "Cytokines in Breast Milk in Populations with Low vs. High Risk for Atopic Diseases." AAAAI Annual Meeting, Poster presentation, March, 2016, Los Angeles, CA.
• Mahta Mortezavi. "Comparing Breast Milk IgA Levels in the Old Order Mennonite vs City Mothers." AAAAI Annual Meeting, Poster presentation, March, 2016, Los Angeles, CA.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "A Successful Approach to Food Allergy Diagnostic Dilemmas." AAAAI Annual Meeting, Seminar, March 7, 2016, Los Angeles, CA.
• Valerie Urban. "IgA Concentration in Breast Milk and Infant Saliva May Relate to Food Allergy Incidence." Strong Children’s Research Center Summer 2016 Poster session, August 2016.
• Jonathan Phillips. "Prevalence of Childhood Food Allergy Among Older Order Mennonites in Upstate New York." Strong Children’s Research Center Summer 2016 Poster session, August 2016.
• Joana Coelho. "Measuring the Impact of Breast Milk on the Expression of Immunomodulatory Factors in the Intestinal Epithelial Cells Utilizing a Caco-2 Cell Model." Strong Children’s Research Center Summer 2016 Poster session, at URMC, August 2016.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome. Plenary. Canadian Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada Sep 30, 2016.
• John Varrone. "Elucidating the Effect of APRIL in Human Breast Milk on T-cell Independent B Cell Class Switch Recombination." University of Rochester Pediatric Research Day poster session, November 2016.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Compositional Variations in Mother’s Milk – Impact on Immune Development and Disease Susceptibility." Human Lactation Research Symposium, University of Zurich. Zurich, Switzerland Dec 22, 2016.

2015 Presentations

• Antti Seppo. Evidence for “Enteromammary Link” of Food-Specific IgA. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Summer research Conference on "Origins and Benefits of Biologically Active Components in Human Milk" Conference, July 2015, Big Sky, Montana.
• Houda Abdelrahman. "An Assay for Inducing APRIL Production by Intestinal Epithelial Cells to Probe Breast Milk’s Immuno-modulatory Role." Strong Children’s Research Center Summer 2015 Poster session, August 2015.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Role of Breast Milk Immunologic Factors in the Development of Food Allergy in the Infant." Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 2015.
• Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo. "Role of Human Milk Bioactives in the Development of Food Allergy in Infants."  Origins and Benefits of Biologically Active Components in Human Milk Conference,  hosted by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. July 2015.