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A/Prof Rachel Peters

A/Prof Rachel Peters

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Role Team Leader/Snr Research Officer
Research area Population health
A/Prof Rachel Peters is head of the epidemiology stream of the Population Allergy research group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She leads a research program using large, longitudinal, population-based studies to understand the causes and consequences of childhood food allergy.

A/Prof Peters is the principal investigator of the longitudinal HealthNuts study of food allergy, which has followed a cohort of over 5000 children since infancy. HealthNuts is entering its 5th wave as participants turn 15 years of age, which aims to describe the natural history of food allergy and understand the adverse consequence of food allergy on children’s future health. She also leads the first follow-up of the EarlyNuts study, which aims to understand the impact of changing infant feeding guidelines for food allergy prevention, on the prevalence of food allergy and other health outcomes. A/Prof Peters is custodian of the SchoolNuts study which examined food allergy and other allergic diseases in 10-14 students. Together these cohorts total over 17,000 participants. Collectively, her research program aims to identify risk factors and biomarkers of food allergy persistence and resolution, understand why adolescents are at high risk of recurrent and severe food-induced allergic reactions, quantify the adverse consequences of infant food allergy on children's future health, particularly lung and psychosocial health and measure the impact of food allergy prevention strategies on children’s health.

A/Prof Peters also leads or co-leads several projects aiming to improve the diagnosis of food allergy, understand the immune mechanisms underpinning the natural resolution of food allergy, and collaborates on RCTs on the prevention and treatment of food allergy. She has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles, received >$10mil in research funding and is involved in updating international guidelines on the diagnosis of food allergy.
A/Prof Rachel Peters is head of the epidemiology stream of the Population Allergy research group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She leads a research program using large, longitudinal, population-based studies to understand the causes...
A/Prof Rachel Peters is head of the epidemiology stream of the Population Allergy research group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She leads a research program using large, longitudinal, population-based studies to understand the causes and consequences of childhood food allergy.

A/Prof Peters is the principal investigator of the longitudinal HealthNuts study of food allergy, which has followed a cohort of over 5000 children since infancy. HealthNuts is entering its 5th wave as participants turn 15 years of age, which aims to describe the natural history of food allergy and understand the adverse consequence of food allergy on children’s future health. She also leads the first follow-up of the EarlyNuts study, which aims to understand the impact of changing infant feeding guidelines for food allergy prevention, on the prevalence of food allergy and other health outcomes. A/Prof Peters is custodian of the SchoolNuts study which examined food allergy and other allergic diseases in 10-14 students. Together these cohorts total over 17,000 participants. Collectively, her research program aims to identify risk factors and biomarkers of food allergy persistence and resolution, understand why adolescents are at high risk of recurrent and severe food-induced allergic reactions, quantify the adverse consequences of infant food allergy on children's future health, particularly lung and psychosocial health and measure the impact of food allergy prevention strategies on children’s health.

A/Prof Peters also leads or co-leads several projects aiming to improve the diagnosis of food allergy, understand the immune mechanisms underpinning the natural resolution of food allergy, and collaborates on RCTs on the prevention and treatment of food allergy. She has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles, received >$10mil in research funding and is involved in updating international guidelines on the diagnosis of food allergy.

Top Publications

  • McWilliam, VL, Koplin, JJ, Allen, K, Robinson, M, Smart, J, Loke, P, Peters, RL, Dang, T, Lee, KJ, Dalziel, K, et al. TreEAT trial: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial investigating the efficacy and safety of early introduction of tree nuts for the prevention of tree nut allergy in infants with peanut allergy. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 34(3) : e13930 2023
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  • Baker, A, Grobler, A, Davies, K, Griffiths, A, Hiscock, H, Kubba, H, Peters, RL, Ranganathan, S, Rimmer, J, Rose, E, et al. Effectiveness of Intranasal Mometasone Furoate vs Saline for Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children. JAMA Pediatrics 177(3) : 240 -247 2023
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  • Wang, Y, Crowe, M, Knibbs, LD, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M, Mygind, L, Kerr, JA, Wake, M, Olsson, CA, Enticott, PG, Peters, RL, et al. Greenness modifies the association between ambient air pollution and cognitive function in Australian adolescents, but not in mid-life adults. Environmental Pollution 324: 121329 2023
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  • Koplin, JJ, McWilliam, V, Soriano, VX, Peters, RL. Early peanut introduction: To test or not to test?. Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology 2023
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  • Imran, S, Neeland, MR, Martino, DJ, Peng, S, Koplin, J, Dharmage, SC, Tang, ML, Sawyer, S, Dang, T, McWilliam, V, et al. Epigenomic variability is associated with age‐specific naïve CD4 T cell response to activation in infants and adolescents. Immunology and Cell Biology 2023
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