Gordon joins international allergy group

Dr. John Gordon

The Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA), an exclusive collegium of the world’s leading allergy clinicians and researchers, elected U of S immunologist Dr. John Gordon to become one of its members on May 5 during its annual symposium at Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.

Gordon, director of the U of S Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, is a former long-time faculty member and researcher at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. He is now an associate member of the college’s Department of Veterinary Microbiology. Gordon’s research team recently made significant strides in developing a new immunosuppressive dendritic cell therapy for asthma that has had very positive results in animal models and with allergic cells of atopic people.

Founded in 1954, the CIA is an international collegium for the study of scientific and clinical problems in allergy and related branches of medicine and immunology. Only about 250 clinicians and scientists have been elected as members of the organization: all have made significant contributions to knowledge in allergic diseases throughout their careers.