meet our allergy experts
AN ONLINE CLINIC ON HAY FEVER
Patient support charity Action Against Allergy has teamed up with talkhealth and NHS Choices to present an online forum for people suffering with hay fever. Clinical experts will be on call to advise you on ways to help control your hay fever and it's symptoms, the different types of pollens you may be allergic to and the various medications that can be used.
Our experts have a wealth of knowledge and information they can share with you.
From 20-26 May 2011 the forum will be open for questions and discussion with the experts.
Dr Adam Fox Adam read Medicine and Neuroscience at Cambridge University before completing his clinical training at University College, London. Having completed specialist training in Paediatric Allergy in 2006, he is now a consultant and joint clinical lead of Allergy at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals, London. |
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Adam is the chair of the Department of Health commissioned RCPCH National Care Pathway for Food Allergy in Childhood and part of the National Institute of Healthcare and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline development group for assessment and diagnosis of food allergy in children. He is also meetings secretary of the British Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology and was awarded ‘Paediatric Allergist of the Year’ by Allergy UK in 2007.
Adam’s particular interests are food allergy, immunotherapy and medical education. His clinical role involves the management of children with multiple allergic disease including food allergy, asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis as well as children with difficult eczema where food allergy plays a role.
Visit Dr Adam Fox's website - www.adamfox.co.uk
Dr Helen Brough Dr Helen Brough graduated from King’s College, Cambridge University in Medicine with Honours and completed her medical training at the Royal Free and University College London Medical School. She trained in Paediatrics on the South London Paediatric Rotation and at Northwick Park Hospital. During this time she published a medical book for students called Rapid Paediatrics and Child Health published through Wiley-Blackwell Publishing (now in second edition). |
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Dr Helen Brough is now a Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Allergy at King’s College London and a honorary Specialist paediatric Registrar in Paediatric Allergy at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital. She was awarded Health Professional of the Year runner up in 2010 by Coeliac UK. In addition to her clinical involvement treating children with allergies, Dr Brough is actively involved in cutting edge research at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital.
Her main research area is looking into how children become allergic to peanut so as to find ways to prevent this. This work is supported by a research grant from the charity Action Medical Research and forms part of her Medical Research Doctorate at King’s College London University. Dr Brough teaches Medical and Biomedical Science students at Guy’s, King’s and St. Thomas’ School of Medicine as well as Paediatricians in training. She is also a regular speaker at educational allergy events for Paediatricians, General Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and parents of children with allergies.
Dr Joanna Lukawska Dr Joanna Lukawska is a Clinical Research Fellow and Specialist Registrar in Allergy at the internationally renowned Department of Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Science at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in Central London. In 2000, she graduated from St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine, one of the oldest teaching hospitals. |
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She then undertook general medical training based also at St Bart’s and the Royal London leading to MRCP in 2004. Joanna joined the Allergy specialty and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in 2005.
Her particular interests include: eosinophilic disorders, drug allergy, immunotherapy and medical education. She is a junior representative on JRCPTB SAC committee. A wife, a mum of two young children, and a friend to all.
Dr Rubaiyat Haque Dr Rubaiyat Haque is a Consultant Allergist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London. He studied medicine at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University followed by clinical training at St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London. After a period of asthma research at Imperial College, he returned to Cambridge to undertake specialist training in Allergy before taking up his current consultant post at Guy’s and St Thomas’, the largest allergy service in the country. |
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Last reviewed: 3 May 2011
Next review date: 6 May 2011
