Editorial overview: Allergy and hypersensitivity

James McCluskey is Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research), Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Chair in Microbiology and Immunology at The University of Melbourne. He is a physician and pathologist specialising in immunology. He has published over 300 scientific articles on how genes control immunity, mechanisms of autoimmune disease, immune recognition and the basis of transplantation matching.

Robyn O’Hehir (AO, FAHMS, FThorSoc) is an internationally acclaimed allergy and respiratory medicine physician/scientist at Monash University and The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on mechanisms and novel therapies for immunomodulation in allergic and inflammatory diseases with steady translation to clinical trials. Currently, she is progressing a T-cell epitope-based peptide therapy for peanut allergy into clinical trials.