Sharon Chinthrajah is a specialist in allergy and immunology at Stanford University's Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research.
Dr. Sharon Chinthrajah is the Director of the Clinical Translational Research Unit at Stanford University's Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research.
Translation: not only is Sharon a front-line doctor treating patients with these life-threatening conditions, but she also runs all of the Center's clinical trials into food allergies and asthma, across both adults and children. The work of Sharon and her team saves lives, and is likely to revolutionise how these conditions are treated all over the world.
Sharon is The Garden's resident expert in all things immunology, bringing insight and expertise from the frontline of the understanding and treatment of allergies and asthma to our science-curious members.
1 in 15 people globally has a food allergy - a rate that's more than doubled since 1960. What's behind this soaring increase?