Food hypersensitivity
Develop your skills in identifying the management & treatment of patients, including in somewhat complex or challenging circumstances, from mediated allergy, to other immune & non-immune mediated food hypersensitivities.
Course key facts
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Date
20 Oct - 27 November 2026
Duration
5 weeks
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Credits
Non credit bearing
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Format
Blended
Fee
£850
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Location
On Campus (South Kensington)
Overview
In this short course you will study a comprehensive overview of food hypersensitivity in children and in adults and develop a robust understanding of the scientific basis underpinning its pathophysiology, diagnosis, prevention and management. This will enable you to develop your skills in identifying, planning the management and treatment of these patients, including in somewhat complex or challenging circumstances, from IgE and non IgE-mediated allergy, to other immune and non-immune mediated food hypersensitivities.
Learning journey
The course has been designed in an innovative format combining asynchronous materials (e.g. pre-recorded sessions, reading lists and web-based resources) to revise in your own time, and live interactive sessions both online and on campus which will include focused discussions and case-based elements. A range of formats will be used to encourage active learning, including expert panel question & answer sessions, group work, workshops, role-play, pro-con debates and scenario-based sessions.
This course forms part of a range of short courses in Allergy which are available both to students who are enrolled on the MSc in allergy programme, and as stand-alone CPD programmes. Suitable for healthcare professionals wishing to improve their ability to manage allergic patients in daily practice including GPs, specialist trainees and consultants, nurses, dietitians, and also basic scientists and professionals working in industry in the field of allergy or immunology.
This course will be delivered in a hybrid format. This includes pre-recorded materials, live online sessions, and you can also attend in person teaching or choose to follow this online.
Asynchronous materials will be made available in October and a ‘course launch webinar’ will be held for registered participants to introduce the course and help you get organised to maximize your learning experience.
Key dates (times to be confirmed):
- Friday, 9 October 2026, 20 mins: launch webinar (Online)
- Tuesday, 20 October 2026, approx. 4 hours: live online teaching
- Wednesday, 4 November 2026, approx. 4 hours: live online teaching
- Friday, 13 November 2026, approx. 4 hours: live online teaching
- Thursday, 26 November 2026: live hybrid teaching day (on campus or online)*
- Friday, 27 November 2026: live hybrid teaching day (on campus or online)*
*The live hybrid teaching will be held at our South Kensington campus – live streaming will be made available for those that choose to follow the course online.
Course details
The course should enable you to have the most up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and skills to optimally diagnose and manage complex food allergy in children and adults. By the end of this short course, you will be better able to:
- Illustrate the mechanisms involved in the development of the spectrum of food hypersensitivity in relation to specific case scenarios.
- Relate the underlying pathophysiology to the most up-to-date diagnostic methods and treatments for the spectrum of food hypersensitivity.
- Take an advanced medical and dietary history in children and adults with food hypersensitivity.
- Propose a differential diagnosis and diagnostic work-up based on the clinical history in children and adults with food hypersensitivity.
- Integrate the findings of the clinical history and diagnostic tests to formulate a proposed diagnosis in children and adults with food hypersensitivity.
- Formulate an optimal management plan in children and adults with food hypersensitivity.
- Identify and address nutritional risks in children and adults with food hypersensitivity.
- Design management strategies to address difficult scenarios in practice, both independently and as a team, such as highly restrictive diets, poor patient concordance, adolescent transition into adult care or high psychological burden in patients with food hypersensitivity and their families.
- Critically assess current controversies and knowledge gaps in the prevention, diagnosis and management of food hypersensitivity, and how these applies to specific scenarios or patients.
- Communicate complex biological or clinical information related to food hypersensitivity to a lay audience.
The course is suitable for healthcare professionals wishing to improve their ability to manage allergic patients in daily practice including GPs, specialist trainees and consultants, nurses, dietitians, and also basic scientists and professionals working in industry in the field of allergy or immunology.
The fee covers tuition and online resources but does not cover, refreshments, travel or accommodation.
If you have any queries regarding your booking please contact us via email or by phone: +44 (0)20 7594 6885
Detailed joining instructions will be sent to all participants 10-14 days prior to the commencement of the course. Places on these courses are limited, EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISED.
A 20% administration fee will be levied for cancellations made up to two weeks prior to the start of the course. Cancellations thereafter will be liable to the loss of the full fee. Notice of cancellation must be given in writing by letter or fax and action will be taken to recover, from the delegates or their employers, that proportion of the fee owing at the time of cancellation.
Imperial College London reserves the right to cancel an advertised course at short notice. It will endeavour to provide participants with as much notice as possible, but will not accept liability for costs incurred by participants or their organisations for the cancellation of travel arrangements and/or accommodation reservations as a result of the course being cancelled or postponed. If a course is cancelled, fees will be refunded in full. Imperial College also reserves the right to postpone or make such alterations to the content of a course as may be necessary.
Your instructors
Nandinee Patel
Consultant Paediatric Allergist at NHS Trust, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College LondonDr Nandinee Patel is a Consultant Paediatric Allergist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College London. She co-leads the food immunotherapy service at St Mary’s Service, utilising evidence from research conducted at Imperial College London, where she holds a research and teaching role as a Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer. Her research focusses on food allergy phenotypes and food immunotherapy outcomes, and she contributes to several national and international working groups in this area.
Contact us
Eva Moreno
Senior Programme Administrator
- Phone: +44 (0)20 7594 6885
- Email: cpd@imperial.ac.uk
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