Dr. Julia Upton is a Clinical Immunologist and Allergist at the Hospital for Sick Children, an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, co-Director of the SickKids Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Programme, and the Medical Director of the SickKids Clinical Research Center. She is the immediate past Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Section Head of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and on the Health Care Advisory board of Food Allergy Canada. She graduated from Western University Medical school, completed residency at McMaster University, fellowship in Clinical Immunology and Allergy at University of Toronto, and a Master’s in Public Health at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Her clinical practice focuses on both clinical immunodeficiency and allergy. Her research interests include the identification and optimal care of people with immunodeficiencies and exploring the risk factors, severity, prognosis and treatment of food allergies.