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Allan Becker

ResearcherPediatrics and Child HealthUniversity of Manitoba

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Allan Becker

Researcher

Pediatrics and Child Health

Health Sciences

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (6 CIHR, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2019.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2008.

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2,702

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Research

Adolescence Airway Responsiveness Allergy Asthma Gender Hormones Inflammation Obesity

Latest papers

Protective effects of dog allergen and endotoxin for lung function and asthma
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026
The value of clinical observation: sleuthing for allergies on the front lines.
Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2022 · senior author
Food allergy and growth from late childhood to early adolescence.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2020

All 23 publications

Latest funding

CHILDhood Asthma and Puberty: Understanding the Sex Shift in Asthma to Female Predominance
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$1,220,940
Programmatic research to understand how modifiable environmental factors interact with the genome in the development of asthma.
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
Genes by environment interactions in the development of non-communicable chronic respiratory diseases, asthma and COPD.
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator

All 20 grants and awards

23 publications.

Protective effects of dog allergen and endotoxin for lung function and asthma

Nanishi M, Reyna ME, Pajdakovska M, Breton VL, Bédard M-A, Duan Q, George E, Khan MKA, Chowdhury B, Sharma BT

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2026.02.016

The value of clinical observation: sleuthing for allergies on the front lines.

Abrams EM, Becker A

Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-022-00716-9 PMID: 36002904

Food allergy and growth from late childhood to early adolescence.

Smith SJ, Abrams EM, Kozyrskyj A, Becker A, Protudjer JLP

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2020.05.030 PMID: 32504665

Maternal Diet and the Serum Metabolome in Pregnancy: Robust Dietary Biomarkers Generalizable to a Multiethnic Birth Cohort

de Souza RJ, Shanmuganathan M, Lamri A, Atkinson SA, Becker A, Desai D, Gupta M, Mandhane PJ, Moraes TJ, Morrison KM

Current Developments in Nutrition202035 citations

DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa144

Evaluation of eczema, asthma, allergic rhinitis and allergies among the grade-7 children of Iqaluit.

Ahmed A, Becker A

Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-019-0341-6 PMID: 31043967

GINA 2019: a fundamental change in asthma management: Treatment of asthma with short-acting bronchodilators alone is no longer recommended for adults and adolescents.

Reddel HK, FitzGerald JM, Bateman ED, Bacharier LB, Becker A, Brusselle G, Buhl R, Cruz AA, Fleming L, Inoue H, Ko FW, Krishnan JA, Levy ML, Lin J, Pedersen SE, Sheikh A, Yorgancioglu A, Boulet LP

The European respiratory journal2019

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01046-2019 PMID: 31249014

A qualitative study exploring parents' experiences with epinephrine use for their child's anaphylactic reaction.

Chooniedass R, Temple B, Martin D, Becker A

Clinical and translational allergy2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13601-018-0230-y PMID: 30349666

Evaluation of eczema, asthma, allergic rhinitis and allergies among the Grade-1 children of Iqaluit.

Ahmed A, Hakim A, Becker A

Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-018-0232-2 PMID: 29492095

Reference equations for the interpretation of forced expiratory and plethysmographic measurements in infants

Lu Z, Foong RE, Kowalik K, Moraes TJ, Dubeau A, Lefebvre D, Davis SD, Balkovec S, Becker A, Mandhane P

Pediatric Pulmonology20187 citations

DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24063

Epinephrine use for anaphylaxis: Too seldom, too late: Current practices and guidelines in health care.

Chooniedass R, Temple B, Becker A

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2017.06.004 PMID: 28676208

CHILDhood Asthma and Puberty: Understanding the Sex Shift in Asthma to Female Predominance

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Becker, Allan B; Azad, Meghan

Keywords: Adolescence; Airway Responsiveness; Allergy; Asthma; Gender; Hormones; Inflammation; Obesity; Pulmonary Function; Sex

$1,220,940

Programmatic research to understand how modifiable environmental factors interact with the genome in the development of asthma.

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease - LOI

Principal investigators: Turvey, Stuart E; Brook, Jeffrey R; Kobor, Michael S

Keywords: Air Pollution; Asthma; Breastfeeding; Environment; Epigenetics; Green Space; Microbiome; Socioeconomic Status; Stress; Urban Form

Genes by environment interactions in the development of non-communicable chronic respiratory diseases, asthma and COPD.

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease - LOI

Principal investigators: Subbarao, Padmaja; Azad, Meghan; Brook, Jeffrey R; de Souza, Russell J; Kozyrskyj, Anita L; Lou, Wen-Yi W; Paré, Guillaume; Sears, Malcolm R; Surette, Michael G

Keywords: Asthma; Birth Cohort; Chronic Respiratory Disease; Copd; Epidemiology; Genetics; Indoor Environment; Lung Function; Nutrition; Respiratory Infection

The Developmental Origins of Obesity and Obesity-related Complications in Children

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease

Principal investigators: Dolinsky, Vernon W; Davie, James R; Kobor, Michael S; Shen, Garry X; Wicklow, Brandy A

Keywords: Children'S Health; Diabetes; Epigenetics; Gene Expression; Maternal Health; Metabolism; Obesity; Pregnancy

$2,000,000

Programmatic research to understand how modifiable environmental factors interact with the genome in the development of asthma.

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease - Environment-Microbiome-Gene

Principal investigators: Turvey, Stuart E; Brook, Jeffrey R; Kobor, Michael S

Keywords: Asthma; Environment; Epigenetics; Microbiome

$1,675,435

The Developmental Origins of Pediatric Obesity and Obesity-Related Complications.

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease - LOI

Principal investigators: Dolinsky, Vernon W; Davie, James R; Hivert, Marie-France; Kobor, Michael S; Shen, Garry X; Wicklow, Brandy A

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Chronic Kidney Disease; Diabetes; Epigenetics; Fetal Programming; Obesity; Pregnancy

Cesarean section: impact on infant gut microbiota, childhood obesity and allergic disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Kozyrskyj, Anita L

Keywords: Allergy; Asthma; Cesarean Section; Infants; Intestine; Microbiota; Overweight; Preschool

$538,497

Gene and environment effects on lung health and risk for chronic respiratory disease, asthma & COPD

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease - Reproduction, Fetal and/or ECD

Principal investigators: Subbarao, Padmaja; Brook, Jeffrey R; de Souza, Russell J; Duan, Qingling; Kozyrskyj, Anita L; Lou, Wen-Yi W; Surette, Michael G

Keywords: Asthma; Environment; Genes; Infections; Longitudinal Cohort Studies; Lung Function; Microbiome; Nutrition

$1,953,002

Early Life Determinants of Asthma

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Sears, Malcolm R; Anand, Sonia S; Brook, Jeffrey R; Subbarao, Padmaja

Keywords: Allergy; Asthma; Childhood; Environment; Genetics; Nutrition; Risk Factors

$1,022,194

Cesarean section: impact on infant gut microbiota, childhood obesity and allergic disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant - PA: Existing and Emerging Threats & Chronic Disease

Principal investigators: Kozyrskyj, Anita L

Keywords: Allergy; Asthma; Cesarean Section; Infants; Intestine; Microbiota; Overweight; Preschool

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Allan Becker

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Protective effects of dog allergen and endotoxin for lung function and asthma

The value of clinical observation: sleuthing for allergies on the front lines.

Food allergy and growth from late childhood to early adolescence.

Maternal Diet and the Serum Metabolome in Pregnancy: Robust Dietary Biomarkers Generalizable to a Multiethnic Birth Cohort

Evaluation of eczema, asthma, allergic rhinitis and allergies among the grade-7 children of Iqaluit.

GINA 2019: a fundamental change in asthma management: Treatment of asthma with short-acting bronchodilators alone is no longer recommended for adults and adolescents.

A qualitative study exploring parents' experiences with epinephrine use for their child's anaphylactic reaction.

Evaluation of eczema, asthma, allergic rhinitis and allergies among the Grade-1 children of Iqaluit.

Reference equations for the interpretation of forced expiratory and plethysmographic measurements in infants

Epinephrine use for anaphylaxis: Too seldom, too late: Current practices and guidelines in health care.

Frequent collaborators

Padmaja Subbarao

Padmaja Subbarao

Malcolm Sears

Piush Mandhane

Wendy Lou

Beverley Temple

Qingling Duan

Zihang Lu

Elaina MacIntyre

Paul O'Byrne

Stephanie Atkinson

Katherine Morrison

Kent Hayglass

Christopher Carlsten

Peter Nickerson

Tobias Kollmann

Denise Daley

Kevin Coombs

Michael Brauer

Donna Martin

Anita Kozyrskyj

Felix Ratjen

Russell de Souza

Ma'en Obeidat

Koon Teo