EAT was launched in May 2015 with one urgent goal:
to accelerate treatments and cures for the growing food allergy epidemic.
Advance scientific and medical research to accelerate diagnostics, treatments, cures and prevention of food allergy
- understand underlying immune mechanisms
- determine genetic and epigenetic factors of food allergy prevalence
- discover role of microbiome in food allergy
- understand basic biology to surface key targets for breakthrough treatments
- identify and accelerate short-term therapies to increase quality of life in patient subsets
Why
Two families, both affected by food allergies, started E.A.T after the striking realization that little public or private funds were being invested to solve the life-threatening condition. E.A.T was created to address this gap.
How
Promising. We fund the most promising research to make a tangible difference in the lives of those affected.
Diversified. We invest in a diversified portfolio to increase the chance of seeding breakthroughs.
Collaborative. We strongly encourage cooperative research efforts so that work is not conducted in a silo, but instead, builds on best thinking, technology, laboratory infrastructure, sample sources, and science.
Objective. We have an objective Medical Advisory Board to assess research efforts globally and across disease states.