Dr. Hugh Sampson

Biography

Hugh A. Sampson, M.D., is a professor of Pediatrics and Immunobiology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, N.Y., USA. He is Chief of the Division of Allergy & Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics; Director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute; and Dean of Translational Biomedical Science at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. He received his M.D. from the Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine. Dr. Sampson's research interests have focused on food allergic disorders, including work on the immuno-pathogenic role of food hypersensitivity in atopic dermatitis, the pathogenesis of food-induced anaphylaxis, the characterization of food-induced gastrointestinal hypersensitivities, the characterization of food allergens, and novel immunotherapeutic strategies (recombinant engineered protein, plasmid DNA, peptide, etc.) for treating food allergies. His research has been funded by a number of grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and private foundations (Clarissa Sosin Foundation and Food Allergy Initiative). He is the Principal Investigator of the NIH-sponsored Consortium of Food Allergy Research (COFAR). He is also former President of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI).

Research Interest

food allergic disorders