Goals of the EAACI Interest Group Allergy Diagnosis (IGAD)

The IGAD aims to stimulate interest in laboratory testing and in vivo procedures in the diagnosis of allergy. We intend to establish a dynamic platform for scientists and clinicians that are designing, researching, and applying diagnostic in vitro and in vivo allergy tests within the EAACI.

The spectrum will cover scientific, regulatory, and clinical issues, resulting in the exchange of scientific knowledge, independent information, and standards for clinicians, as well as stimulating discussion about unresolved issues.

Particular emphasis will be placed on exchanging ideas to promote the discussion of the potential and limitations of current and future in vitro and in vivo tests applied for allergy diagnosis.

This IG will suggest and outline scientific and educational sessions on allergy diagnosis for the organising committees of future EAACI-meetings.

IG Allergy Diagnosis Board 2011-2013

Chairperson
Markus Ollert
Munich, Germany
ollert@lrz.tum.de

Secretary
Hans Jürgen Hoffmann
Aarhus, Denmark
hans.jurgen.hoffmann@ki.au.dk

JMA Affiliate
Filippo Fassio

Members
Adriano Mari
a.mari@panservice.it

Jorg Kleine-Tebbe
kleine-tebbe@allergie-experten.de

Nikolaos Douladiris
nikdo64@otenet.gr

Ayse Fusun Kalpaklioglu
afusunk@yahoo.com

Business Meeting of the EAACI IG Allergy Diagnosis (IGAD), held in Istanbul, June 12, 2011, paved the way to the future.

The team work of Markus Ollert, Munich, Germany (left, former Sectretary) and Adriano Mari, Rome, Italy (former Chairman) turned out to be extremely successful, leading to internationally recognized activities and great educational and scientific input within the EAACI during the period from 2008 to 2011.

June 12, 2011: "Three men of the board in the audience" with Markus Ollert (left), serving as new Chairman, Hans Jürgen Hoffmann (right) as new Secretary and Adriano Mari (middle) as "senior advisor" and Member of the Board - Continuity is part of the work within the EAACI Interest Groups (in the backround: Bodo Niggemann/left and Edward Knol/right of A. Mari).

New Board Members and additional experts will support ongoing and new projects in the future:

Elected (voting) Board Members 2011 - 2013

Adriano Mari (Italy)  a.mari@panservice.it
Nikos Douladiris (Greece)  nikdo64@otenet.gr
Fusun Kalpaklioglu (Turkey)   afusunk@yahoo.com

Adjunct (non-voting) Board Members 2011 - 2013

Enrico Scala (Italy)  E.Scala@idi.it
Jörg Kleine-Tebbe (Germany)  kleine-tebbe@allergie-experten.de

The minutes of the business meeting (Istanbul, June 12, 2011) will follow soon.

Webmaster
Hans Jürgen Hoffmann
hans.jurgen.hoffmann@ki.au.dk

Jörg Kleine-Tebbe
kleine-tebbe@allergie-experten.de

From the EAACI Bylaws

In order to allow EAACI to influence and keep updated information on matters related to allergy and clinical immunology, it has been decided to create “Interest Groups”. An Interest Group represents an area of general interest within allergology that is not well covered by any one of the EAACI Sections.