James Gardner is a Consultant Nurse in Children’s Allergy at Newcastle’s Great North Children’s Hospital where his main interests are in food allergy and allergic rhinitis.
James qualified at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London as a Paediatric Nurse and, after working in general paediatrics/haematology, joined the allergy team at St Mary’s Hospital, London.
Then for many years he was the lead allergy nurse at the Royal Free Hospital & Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, both in London.
He is currently the Children’s and Young Persons Allergy Nurse Consultant at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle and also Associate Clinical Lecturer in Newcastle University where he is Lead of the Allergy E-module programme.
He previously completed his MSc in Allergy from the University of Southampton and focused on the use of component resolved diagnostics in peanut allergy.
He is the current Secretary of the Allied Health working group in the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
James has been involved in several European task force groups through the academy including competencies for allied health working allergy M-health and social media.
He is involved with many food allergy support groups and regularly on various allergy social media groups (Twitter @allergynurseuk).
Special interests
His main research interests are in food allergy, allergic rhinitis and MHealth.
