Dr. Jill A. Fisher is the recipient of a three-year grant from the National Library of Medicine (NIH) to support the writing of a scholarly book\u00a0on the medicalization and\u00a0pharmaceuticalization of food allergies. Tentatively titled\u00a0\u201cChallenging Allergies: The Search for a Magic\u00a0Bullet for Pediatric Food Allergies,\u201d the book will explore how US families navigate food allergies as a\u00a0part of everyday life as well as a condition that increasingly justifies risky\u00a0and\/or burdensome\u00a0therapeutic\u00a0interventions. Dr. Fisher draws on qualitative research that she conducted of food allergy clinical trials, including interviews with food allergy stakeholders from families with children who have food allergies to academic researchers, practicing allergists, pharmaceutical companies, patient advocacy organizations, and FDA representatives.<\/p>\n
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