AllerGen

AllerGen Inc., the Allergy, Genes and Environment Network, is a not-for-profit organization hosted at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario that “promotes the work of Canadian researchers and organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life of people suffering from allergic and related immune diseases.”¹⁾

• Received “more than $400,000.00” in funding from the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force “to study how COVID-19 is impacting individuals and families across Canada.”²⁾

• Received “nearly $700,000.00” from the Government of Alberta to measure COVID-19 antibody prevalence among Albertan children at the University of Alberta.³⁾

• AllerGen investigator Dr. Christopher Carlsten received a portion of a $2 million grant from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research to study long-term lung impacts of COVID-19, and testing to determine long-term quality of life.^{4) 5)}

• Received $1.7 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Research Manitoba to “study how individuals and families across Canada have been impacted directly by COVID-19 infection and indirectly by pandemic-related social and economic upheaval.”⁶⁾