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Dr. Järvinen-Seppo is the Chief of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology and holds the inaugural Founders' Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Allergy. She is the Director of the Center for Food Allergy, which is the FARE Clinical Network Center of Excellence, sponsored by the Food Allergy Research and Educ...
Dr. Järvinen-Seppo is the Chief of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology and holds the inaugural Founders' Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Allergy. She is the Director of the Center for Food Allergy, which is the FARE Clinical Network Center of Excellence, sponsored by the Food Allergy Research and Education. This is a multidisciplinary program that provides comprehensive care to families with food allergies including specialists in allergy, gastroenterology, dermatology, and counseling for dietary and psychologic aspects. Her clinical interests are focused on various types of food allergy, including immediate-type allergies, eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease, food protein-induced enterocolitis, and allergic proctocolitis, as well as atopic dermatitis, anaphylaxis, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and urticaria. Through her interest and research on human milk, she serves on the Executive Committee for the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML) and on USDA-sponsored Dietary Guidance Development Project for Infants and Pregnant Mothers. She is also an active participant in the Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Training program and an Associate Editor for the Frontiers in Allergy, Section Allergens.
Certified Specialties
Allergy & Immunology
- American Board of Allergy & Immunology
Faculty Appointments
Professor
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Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy/Immunology (SMD)
Founders' Distinguished Professorship of Pediatric Allergy
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Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy/Immunology (SMD)
Professor
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Department of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology (SMD) - Joint
Professor
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology (SMD) - Joint
Fellowship, Allergy & Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. 2005 - 2008
Residency, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. 2004 - 2005
Internship, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. 2003 - 2004
Fellowship, Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. 1999 - 2001
Education
PhD | University of Helsinki (Finland).2000
MD | University of Helsinki (Finland).1996
Awards
"Health Care Hero" Medical Professional Award.2022
Isil Berat Barlan Memorial Lectureship.2022
Dr John J. Condemi Award.2021
Ruth Lawrence Academic Faculty Service Award in Research.2018
NIH NIAID Physician Scientist Award.2011
Third-Year Fellow-in-Training Research Award.2007
AAAAI Jaffe Food Allergy Research Award.2007
Research
Dr. Järvinen-Seppo directs an NIH-funded translational research program focused on developmental aspects of the infant systemic and mucosal immune system relating to mechanisms behind development of food allergy, atopic dermatitis and the whole atopic march. She is particularly interested in the rol...
Dr. Järvinen-Seppo directs an NIH-funded translational research program focused on developmental aspects of the infant systemic and mucosal immune system relating to mechanisms behind development of food allergy, atopic dermatitis and the whole atopic march. She is particularly interested in the role of maternal and infant environmental factors and breast milk composition in shaping the early infant immune system and uses human cohorts and laboratory bench research approaches to answer the mechanistic questions. She is also interested in antibody-mediated protection against respiratory and diarrheal diseases provided by breast milk in infants, funded through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Her research has been published in leading medical journals and she is a regular speaker at local, national and international professional and community events.
You are eligible if you are pregnant and 18 years old or older and give birth to a healthy infant.
The purpose of this study is to compare a group of people at low risk for getting allergies, the Old Order Mennonite, with a group of people at higher...
Muraro A, de Silva D, Podesta M, Anagnostou A, Cardona V, Halken S, Smith P, Tanno LK, Turner P, Worm M, Alvaro-Lozano M, Arasi S, Asarnoj A, Barni S, Beyer K, Bilaver LA, Bird A, Bonaguro R, Brough HA, Chinthrajah RS, Cook EE, Demoulin C, Deschildre A, Dribin TE, Ebisawa M, Fernandez-Rivas M, Fiocchi A, Fleischer DM, Garrow E, Gerdts J, Giovannini M, Järvinen KM, Kelly M, Knol EF, Lack G, Lazzarotto F, Le TM, Leonard S, Lieberman J, Makris M, Mandelbaum L, Marchisotto MJ, Marino GA, Mori F, Nilsson C, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Odemyr M, Oude Elberink HNG, Palosuo K, Patel N, Pier J, Poblete S, Rachid R, Rodríguez Del Río P, Said M, Sampson HA, Sánchez Sanz A, Schnadt S, Schultz F, Toniolo A, Upton JEM, Venter C, Vickery BP, Vlieg-Boerstra B, Wang J, Roberts G, Zuberbier T,
Clinical and translational allergy.. 2024 December 14 (12):e70009. Epub 1900 01 01.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2024 September 133 (3):252-261. Epub 03/16/2024.
Campo JJ, Seppo AE, Randall AZ, Pablo J, Hung C, Teng A, Shandling AD, Truong J, Oberai A, Miller J, Iqbal NT, Peñataro Yori P, Kukkonen AK, Kuitunen M, Guterman LB, Morris SK, Pell LG, Al Mahmud A, Ramakrishan G, Heinz E, Kirkpatrick BD, Faruque AS, Haque R, Looney RJ, Kosek MN, Savilahti E, Omer SB, Roth DE, Petri WA, Järvinen KM
The Journal of clinical investigation.. 2024 June 11134 (15)Epub 06/11/2024.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology.. 2022 November 52 (11):1291-1301. Epub 10/19/2022.
Davis EC, Jackson CM, Ting T, Harizaj A, Järvinen KM
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2022 September 129 (3):292-300. Epub 04/29/2022.
Pesonen M, Kallio MJT, Ranki A, Siimes MA, Järvinen KM
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology.. 2022 September 52 (9):1110-1113. Epub 06/28/2022.
Seppo AE, Rajani PS, Wong A, Varrone JJ, Fridy ST, Kuitunen M, Kukkonen K, Savilahti E, Järvinen KM
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.. 2022 June 33 (6):e13813. Epub 1900 01 01.
Gamirova A, Berbenyuk A, Levina D, Peshko D, Simpson MR, Azad MB, Järvinen KM, Brough HA, Genuneit J, Greenhawt M, Verhasselt V, Peroni D, Perkin MR, Warner JO, Palmer DJ, Boyle RJ, Munblit D
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice.. 2022 May 10 (5):1312-1324.e8. Epub 02/02/2022.
Young BE, Seppo AE, Diaz N, Rosen-Carole C, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Cruz Vasquez JM, Ferri-Huerta R, Nguyen-Contant P, Fitzgerald T, Sangster MY, Topham DJ, Järvinen KM
JAMA pediatrics.. 2022 February 1176 (2):159-168. Epub 1900 01 01.
Seppo AE, Bu K, Jumabaeva M, Thakar J, Choudhury R, Yonemitsu C, Bode L, Martina CA, Allen M, Tamburini S, Piras E, Wallach DS, Looney RJ, Clemente JC, Järvinen KM
Allergy.. 2021 November 76 (11):3489-3503. Epub 05/14/2021.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2021 July 127 (1):57-63. Epub 03/08/2021.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2021 May 126 (5):467-468. Epub 02/03/2021.
Pace RM, Williams JE, Järvinen KM, Belfort MB, Pace CDW, Lackey KA, Gogel AC, Nguyen-Contant P, Kanagaiah P, Fitzgerald T, Ferri R, Young B, Rosen-Carole C, Diaz N, Meehan CL, Caffé B, Sangster MY, Topham D, McGuire MA, Seppo A, McGuire MK
Seppo AE, Choudhury R, Pizzarello C, Palli R, Fridy S, Rajani PS, Stern J, Martina C, Yonemitsu C, Bode L, Bu K, Tamburini S, Piras E, Wallach DS, Allen M, Looney RJ, Clemente JC, Thakar J, Järvinen KM
Frontiers in immunology.. 2021 12 :741513. Epub 10/11/2021.
Pace RM, Williams JE, Järvinen KM, Meehan CL, Martin MA, Ley SH, Barbosa-Leiker C, Andres A, Yeruva L, Belfort MB, Caffé B, Navarrete AD, Lackey KA, Pace CDW, Gogel AC, Fehrenkamp BD, Klein M, Young BE, Rosen-Carole C, Diaz N, Gaw SL, Flaherman V, McGuire MA, McGuire MK, Seppo AE
Frontiers in immunology.. 2021 12 :801797. Epub 12/23/2021.
Stern J, Chen M, Jusko TA, Fagnano M, Järvinen KM, Halterman JS
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2020 October 125 (4):405-409.e1. Epub 06/10/2020.
Pace RM, Williams JE, Järvinen KM, Belfort MB, Pace CD, Lackey KA, Gogel AC, Nguyen-Contant P, Kanagaiah P, Fitzgerald T, Ferri R, Young B, Rosen-Carole C, Diaz N, Meehan C, Caffe B, Sangster MY, Topham DJ, McGuire MA, Seppo A, McGuire MK
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences.. 2020 September 18 Epub 09/18/2020.
Burris AD, Wang H, Wilson LM, Jarvinen KM, Lomas J
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2020 August 125 (2):230-231. Epub 05/11/2020.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2020 March 124 (3):292-294.e2. Epub 01/08/2020.
McGuire MK, Randall AZ, Seppo AE, Järvinen KM, Meehan CL, Gindola D, Williams JE, Sellen DW, Kamau-Mbuthia EW, Kamundia EW, Mbugua S, Moore SE, Prentice AM, Foster JA, Otoo GE, Rodríguez JM, Pareja RG, Bode L, McGuire MA, Campo JJ
Frontiers in immunology.. 2020 11 :614372. Epub 02/11/2021.
Blyuss O, Cheung KY, Chen J, Parr C, Petrou L, Komarova A, Kokina M, Luzan P, Pasko E, Eremeeva A, Peshko D, Eliseev VI, Pedersen SA, Azad MB, Jarvinen KM, Peroni DG, Verhasselt V, Boyle RJ, Warner JO, Simpson MR, Munblit D
Nutrients.. 2019 October 1011 (10)Epub 10/10/2019.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2019 August 123 (2):133-143. Epub 04/29/2019.
Güngör D, Nadaud P, LaPergola CC, Dreibelbis C, Wong YP, Terry N, Abrams SA, Beker L, Jacobovits T, Järvinen KM, Nommsen-Rivers LA, O'Brien KO, Oken E, Pérez-Escamilla R, Ziegler EE, Spahn JM
The American journal of clinical nutrition.. 2019 March 1109 (Suppl_7):772S-799S. Epub 1900 01 01.
Güngör D, Nadaud P, Dreibelbis C, LaPergola CC, Wong YP, Terry N, Abrams SA, Beker L, Jacobovits T, Järvinen KM, Nommsen-Rivers LA, O'Brien KO, Oken E, Pérez-Escamilla R, Ziegler EE, Spahn JM
The American journal of clinical nutrition.. 2019 March 1109 (Suppl_7):757S-771S. Epub 1900 01 01.
Güngör D, Nadaud P, LaPergola CC, Dreibelbis C, Wong YP, Terry N, Abrams SA, Beker L, Jacobovits T, Järvinen KM, Nommsen-Rivers LA, O'Brien KO, Oken E, Pérez-Escamilla R, Ziegler EE, Spahn JM
The American journal of clinical nutrition.. 2019 March 1109 (Suppl_7):800S-816S. Epub 1900 01 01.
Güngör D, Nadaud P, Dreibelbis C, LaPergola CC, Wong YP, Terry N, Abrams SA, Beker L, Jacobovits T, Järvinen KM, Nommsen-Rivers LA, O'Brien KO, Oken E, Pérez-Escamilla R, Ziegler EE, Spahn JM
The American journal of clinical nutrition.. 2019 March 1109 (Suppl_7):838S-851S. Epub 1900 01 01.
Güngör D, Nadaud P, LaPergola CC, Dreibelbis C, Wong YP, Terry N, Abrams SA, Beker L, Jacobovits T, Järvinen KM, Nommsen-Rivers LA, O'Brien KO, Oken E, Pérez-Escamilla R, Ziegler EE, Spahn JM
The American journal of clinical nutrition.. 2019 March 1109 (Suppl_7):817S-837S. Epub 1900 01 01.
Seppo AE, Savilahti EM, Berin MC, Sampson HA, Järvinen KM
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology.. 2017 October 47 (10):1275-1284. Epub 05/26/2017.
Berry MJ, Adams J, Voutilainen H, Feustel PJ, Celestin J, Järvinen KM
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.. 2015 March 26 (2):133-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Järvinen KM, Konstantinou GN, Pilapil M, Arrieta MC, Noone S, Sampson HA, Meddings J, Nowak-W?grzyn A
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.. 2013 September 24 (6):589-95. Epub 08/02/2013.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology.. 2012 November 42 (11):1549-51. Epub 1900 01 01.
Järvinen KM, Caubet JC, Sickles L, Ford LS, Sampson HA, Nowak-W?grzyn A
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2012 September 109 (3):221-2. Epub 07/25/2012.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology.. 2003 October 33 (10):1368-73. Epub 1900 01 01.
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.. 2002 August 13 (4):243-54. Epub 1900 01 01.
Vila L, Beyer K, Järvinen KM, Chatchatee P, Bardina L, Sampson HA
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology.. 2001 October 31 (10):1599-606. Epub 1900 01 01.
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.. 1999 August 10 (3):186-90. Epub 1900 01 01.
Järvinen KM, Aro A, Juntunen-Backman K, Suomalainen H
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.. 1998 August 9 (3):139-42. Epub 1900 01 01.
Books
Health Professional's Guide to Nutrition Management of Food Allergies.
(2023)
Chapter: Choosing an Appropriate Cow's Milk Substitute While Breastfeeding, Formula Feeding, and Beyond.
Authors: Meyer R, Burris A, Järvinen KM, Szajewska H.
Publisher:
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2023
Allergy, immunity and tolerance in early childhood: The first two thousand days of the Atopic March
(2014)
Chapter: Breast- always best?
Authors: Järvinen KM, Bergmann R.
Publisher:
Elsevier 2014
Anaphylaxis and Hypersensitivity Reactions from Molecular Markers to Rapid Desensitizations.
(2011)
Chapter: Food-Induced Anaphylaxis
Authors: Järvinen KM, Nowak-Wegrzyn A.
Publisher:
Springer, New York 2011
Integrating population outcomes, biological mechanisms and research methods in the study of human milk and lactation
(2002)
Chapter: IgA in human milk and development of cow's milk allergy in the breast-fed infant
Authors: Järvinen K-M, Laine S, Järvenpää A-L, Suomalainen H.
Publisher:
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York 2002
). Integrating population outcomes, biological mechanisms and research methods in the study of human milk and lactation
(2002)
Chapter: Abnormal cellular composition of human milk and development of cow's milk allergy in the breast-fed.
Authors: Järvinen KM, Österlund P, Suomalainen H
Publisher:
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York 2002
Academic dissertation
(2000)
Chapter: Human milk immunology in relation to the development of cow's milk allergy in the breast-fed
