02/25/2026
Food allergy affects an estimated 8โ10% of people in the U.S., and while the risk of severe reactions is serious, Dr. Sindher emphasizes an often-overlooked reality: the daily quality-of-life toll. Every meal, classroom celebration, or family trip can require intense planning and constant vigilance. That chronic stress impacts not just children, but entire families.
Read more about Dr. Sinher's work below๐
At Stanford University, pediatric allergist Tina Sindher is helping reshape how we understand and treat childhood food allergies.
Food allergy affects an estimated 8โ10% of people in the U.S., and while the risk of severe reactions is serious, Dr. Sindher emphasizes an often-overlooked reality: the daily quality-of-life toll. Every meal, classroom celebration, or family trip can require intense planning and constant vigilance. That chronic stress impacts not just children, but entire families.
Through her FARE-supported work, Dr. Sindher is advancing earlier intervention strategies, including clinical trials examining whether aggressively treating eczema in infancy could help reduce the later development of food allergies. She is also studying next-generation treatment approaches, such as oral immunotherapy and omalizumab, now FDA-approved for children as young as one, which can reduce the risk of allergic reactions. At the same time, her team is working to develop better diagnostic tools and biomarkers so families donโt have to rely solely on food challenges to measure progress.
Weโre proud to support research like this and deeply grateful for investigators who are helping move the field beyond strict avoidance, advancing treatments that not only reduce the risk of reactions, but also lessen the emotional and mental burden families carry every day living with food allergy.
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/02/research-matters-tina-sindher
