Climate change foreseen for the next several decades of the 21st century over the European region is expected to alter air pollution and the effi ciency of subsequent abatement measures, and may lead to migration of new invasive allergenic plant species. The complex interplay across these multiple stressors might exacerbate the overall eff ect of environmental change on allergies in synergistic ways that are diffi cult to assess from a single discipline perspective. It is therefore neces-sary to develop an integrated and cross-disciplinary approach to assess health risks arising from environmental change and to design suitable adaptation policies.
The main aim of ATOPICA is to establish quantitative models of allergic disease to environmen-tal stressors to be used for pro-jections of future disease risk. The focus is on Ambrosia arte-misiifolia L. (Asteraceae), com-monly called Ragweed, which is a highly invasive plant with pol-len that causes allergic disease, increases allergenic sensitiza-
tion and has signifi cant negative impacts on health and quality of life. Since the development of allergies in Europe is currently undergoing rapid growth, there is an urgent need for aware-ness of invasive plants along with early detection and preven-tive management initiatives and sustainable strategies to control and reduce this invasive plant.
By gathering an interdisciplinary team of climate and air quality scientists, together with clini-cians and biologists, ATOPICA aims to quantify and project the eff ects of environmental changes on Ambrosia pollen-induced allergic disease in Europe, using a highly interdisci-plinary and integrated approach.
ContactsScientifi c CoordinatorDr. Michelle Epstein,MUW - Medizinische Universität Wien,Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A1090, Vienna, Austria
UNDERSTANDING & QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ON AMBROSIA ALLERGY
This research project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n. 282687
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MUW Medizinische Universität Wien Wien, Austria ICTP
The Abdus Salam International Centre forTheoretical PhysicsTrieste, Italy
CHS
Dječja Bolnica SrebrnjakZagreb, Croatia
INERIS
Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des RisquesVerneuil-en-Halatte, France
CNRS
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifi queParis, France
Moverim ConsultingBruxelles, Belgium
PromoscienceTrieste, Italy
RRes
Rothamsted ResearchHarpenden, United Kingdom
UULM
Universität UlmUlm, Germany
UEA
University of East AngliaNorwich, United Kingdom
USR
Università Vita-Salute San Raff aeleMilano, Italy
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anthropogenic factors, climate changes,
invasive allergenic plants:
the complex interplay across these multiple stressors might exacerbate the overall eff ect
of environmental change on pollen allergy
Our objectives are to
explore the pan-European impact of changes in climate, land use and air pollution on allergen
pollen-induced diseases through a chain of quantitative models
study vulnerable groups of patients and search for relevant indicators to assess the risk
establish statistical models of disease response to pollen concentrations for assessing future trends
examine the effects of environmental change, including exposure to air pollution on
pollen allergy in laboratory experiments
communicate with relevant stakeholders and provide recommendations useful to policy
makers dealing with air quality, public health, land use and climate change issues
Predicting future risk of pollen allergy in Europe
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