"On the Origins of Food Allergies"

Helping students understand food allergy in the context of human disease throughout history is one angle of a unique University of Michigan undergraduate biology course designed by MHWFAC researcher Gary Huffnagle, PhD.


The three-credit class, formally known as Immunology, Health and Society (IHS 340), and subtitled “Germ Wars, Asthma and the Food Allergy Epidemic,” meets twice a week for lectures and class presentations. Study material is supplemented by podcasts, including several by the Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center director, James R. Baker, Jr., MD, and scientific director Nick Lukacs, PhD.


In this video, Dr. Huffnagle provides a quick, lay-friendly synopsis of the material covered in the course.