Talal A. Chatila, MD, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a senior physician in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Boston Children’s Hospital, has been named the first incumbent of the Denise and David Bunning Professorship in Pediatrics in the Field of Allergy and Immunology.

Established through the generosity of Denise and David Bunning, the professorship is an example of the Bunnings' personal commitment to improving the lives of those affected by severe food allergies and to finding improved therapies and cures for children everywhere.

Chatila's recent studies have focused on the mechanisms by which immunological tolerance fails in allergic diseases, such as food allergies, and the means for re-establishing tolerance in these disorders.