Centre for Applied Excellence in Skin and Allergy Research

22/01/2026

If you haven't heard - researchers at CAESAR have used the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership process to identify the TOP 10 RESEARCH PRIORITIES food allergy in children.
Visit www.bristol.ac.uk/food-allergy-children to read more.

14/01/2026

Visit www.bristol.ac.uk/food-allergy-children to watch 'Once Upon a Plate', a short video that describes the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership process that has identified the Top 10 Research Priorities for Food Allergy in Children.

07/01/2026

New research priorities announced for childhood food allergy.

Patients, carers and health professionals have come together to identify the Top 10 research priorities that will shape the future of UK childhood food allergy research. Led by the University of Bristol’s CAESAR team through a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership, these priorities reflect what matters most to children, young people and families living with food allergy.

With food allergies affecting 1 in 5 children in the UK, this landmark work will help guide future research into prevention, diagnosis, treatment and wellbeing.

🔗 Read the full Top 10 priorities and more about the project here: www.bristol.ac.uk/food-allergy-children

15/12/2025

Read about how to run a study about childhood eczema and food allergy from TIGER trial manager Dominika Corejova.

https://tiger.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/blogs/

08/12/2025

Read all about what it's like to work as a medical statistician in the field of food allergy in this blog post Q&A with Dr Raquel Granell from CAESAR
https://caesar.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/12/08/qa-with-raquel-granell-senior-research-fellow-and-medical-statistician/

14/11/2025

Does bathing daily worsen eczema? The 'Eczema Bathing study' run by the Rapid Eczema Trials team has found that people with eczema are able to bathe either daily or weekly, without any impact to their symptoms. Read more about it here:

A major study has found that people with eczema are able to bathe either daily or weekly, without any impact to their symptoms.

07/11/2025

Can specific foods trigger eczema and does avoiding them make eczema better? Prof Matthew Ridd discusses food allergy and eczema on the Global Parents for Eczema Research podcast. Click this link to listen now:

Do foods trigger eczema? Can food elimination ease atopic dermatitis? Many parents try allergy tests, but experts don't recommend it. Why?

30/10/2025

We were so delighted to take part in the Futures Discovery Day event in Bristol on 27 September. Here are members of the CAESAR team gathered around our 'Dilapidated brick wall' that featured in a bean bag throwing competition. The event was full of great activities for kids of all ages and we were so impressed by the other stalls! Look out for more FUTURES events, fun for the whole family 😊

https://futuresnight.co.uk/

21/10/2025

Members of the CAESAR team at the British Society for Allergy & Immunology (BSACI) Annual Conference at the ICC Wales. L to R: Prof Matthew Ridd, Dr Raquel Granell, Dr Thisanayagam Umasunthar, Dr Roxanne Parslow, NIHR Pre Doctoral and Dietitian Mary Feeney

08/10/2025

Listen to Dr Hannah Wainman, Consultant Dermatologist, GP and PhD candidate with the CAESAR team, discuss treatment options for Hidradenitis Suppurativa on the BDNG Podcast by clicking this link:

https://bdng.org.uk/podcast/hidradenitis-suppurativa-3/

And read more about her research work by clicking this link:

https://caesar.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/hannah-wainman-nihr-doctoral-fellow-and-dermatology-consultant/

17/09/2025

During 2025 take a moment to listen to Prof Matthew Ridd discuss the BEE Study where he explored the effectiveness and acceptability of four commonly used types of emollients for the treatment of childhood eczema:
https://bdng.org.uk/podcast/bee-study/
And read more about the BEE Study here:
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealthcare/researchthemes/bee-study/

04/09/2025

Congratulations to the TIGER study team who recruited over their target number! The team has been working hard since May 2023 for this great achievement, well done 🥳