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Curriculum Vitae
Thomas Eiwegger has successfully completed training in Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy and Pediatric Respiratory Medicine. He is the head of the Department of Pediatrics at the University Clinics St. Poelten, associate Professor at the Karl Landsteiner University, Krems and assoc. Prof, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto.
Since his transition to Austria in May 2021, he is an adjunct scientist at Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He currently leads research groups in Toronto and Austria that focus on the mechanisms of tolerance development, in the context of atopic diseases and on novel treatment approaches to food allergy.
Thomas Eiwegger published more than 140 peer reviewed articles (>5800 citations, H-index:42), held >100 invited lectures, supervises clinical fellows, master and PhD students. Dr. Eiwegger is associate editor of Allergy and the chair of the Biologics Working Group of EAACI.
External positions
Adjunct Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children
Adjunct Prof, University of Toronto
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 4 Active
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ABAK: Analyse von Biomarkern der Anaphylaxie im Kindesalter.
Eiwegger, T. (PI)
01.10.2024 → 30.09.2027
Project: Forschungsimpulse › Seed Funding
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ZELLAR: Bewertung der Zeit von der Zellprobenahme bis zur Lagerung für ex-vivo-Untersuchungen akuter allergischer Reaktionen.
Eiwegger, T. (PI)
01.10.2024 → 30.09.2027
Project: Forschungsimpulse › Seed Funding
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DARC2: Danube Allergy Research Cluster - Allergen-Specific Approaches for Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of severe Allergy
Valenta, R. (PI), Baumgartner, S. (CoPI), Bohle, B. (CoPI), Breiteneder, H. (CoPI), Eckl-Dorna, J. (CoPI), Eiwegger, T. (CoPI), Gattinger, P. (CoPI), Grausgruber, H. (CoPI), Hafner, C. (CoPI), Huang, H.-J. (CoPI), Niespodziana, K. (CoPI), Pickl, W. F. (CoPI), Trautinger, F. (CoPI), Vrtala, S. (CoPI) & Wiedermann, U. (CoPI)
01.09.2024 → 31.08.2027
Project: Funded Research
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IFAM: Exploring early immune mechanisms of food-allergic reactions in humans to develop markers and treatment targets
Kuehn, A. (PI) & Eiwegger, T. (CoPI)
01.07.2024 → 31.03.2028
Project: Funded Research
Research output
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Algorithms of Patient Selection for Allergen Immunotherapy
Zieglmayer, U. P., Arasi, S., Eiwegger, T., Jakob, T., Klimek, L. & Ollert, M., 02 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.Research output: Journal article (peer-reviewed) › Journal article
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Autoclaved Peanuts Exhibit Reduced Immunoglobulin E Binding and Improved Oral Tolerability
Cohen, C. G., Toscano-Rivero, D., Ahmed, E. A., Al Ali, A., Zhao, W., Ke, D., Lejtenyi, D., Beaudette, L., Chazbey, H., Alrafiaah, A. S., Li, C. H., Dejgaard, K., Berghuis, A. M., Jean-Claude, B. J., McCusker, C., Eiwegger, T., Ben-Shoshan, M. & Mazer, B. D., 06 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.Research output: Journal article (peer-reviewed) › Journal article
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Biologics and Novel Therapeutics in Food Allergy
Anderson, B., Pascal, C., Butler, M. G. K., Chin, A. R., Long, A. J., Sindher, S. B., Anagnostou, A., Arasi, S., Bégin, P., Ciaccio, C. E., Eiwegger, T., Fiocchi, A., Fleischer, D. M., Garcia-Llorett, M., Kim, E. H., Leonard, S., Maskatia, Z. R., Perrett, K. P., Shreffler, W. & Upton, J. & 1 others, , Apr 2026, In: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 14, 4, p. 762-770 9 p.Research output: Journal article (peer-reviewed) › Review article
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Correspondence: First Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) Allergen Oral Immunotherapy Product Out of Sale—A Major Drawback for Food Allergy Immunotherapy?
Arasi, S., Bärhold, F., Alvaro-Lozano, M., Anagnostou, K., Begin, P., Beyer, K., Blumchen, K., Chinthrajah, S., Ebisawa, M., Eiwegger, T., Fiocchi, A., Muraro, A., Sindher, S. B., Shamji, M., Torres, M. J., Upton, J. & Klimek, L., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.Research output: Journal article (peer-reviewed) › Letter/short communication
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Peanut oral immunotherapy using 30 mg and 300 mg maintenance doses
Upton, J. E. M., Rivero, D. T., Ke, D., Berenjy, A., Lejtenyi, D., Beaudette, L., Yin, X., Li, C. H., Duan, L. Y., Cohen, C., Kim, V., Marzouk, S., Grunebaum, E., McCusker, C. T., Mazer, B., Eiwegger, T. & Ben-Shoshan, M., Jan 2026, In: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 14, 1, p. 223-232.e7Research output: Journal article (peer-reviewed) › Journal article
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Prizes
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Wissenschaftspreis des Landes Niederösterreich
Eiwegger, T. (Recipient), 09 Oct 2024
Prize: Honorary award
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Activities
- 2 Organising an event (Science to science)
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37th Research KiK
Eiwegger, T. (Speaker)
31 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in/organising an event › Organising an event (Science to science)
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Why is it so difficult to accurately diagnose and treat food allergy?
Eiwegger, T. (Speaker), Eibl, C. (Organiser) & Witalisz-Siepracka, A. (Organiser)
18 Jan 2023Activity: Participating in/organising an event › Organising an event (Science to science)