Breathe freely instead of a stuffy nose. Help the approximately two million Swiss pollen allergy sufferers and support a study by the Allergy Unit at the University Hospital Zurich together with the University Hospital Zurich Foundation.
Burning eyes, drippy nose, itchy skin: Around two million people in Switzerland suffer from physical discomfort during the pollen season. But where do the symptoms occur most? In town or in the country? In which cantons? And what factors, such as weather, influence them?
With the app “Ally Science”, the Department of Dermatology’s Allergy Unit at University Hospital Zurich collects data to improve early warning systems and treatments for pollen allergy sufferers. The smartphone app for Android and iOS has been available since April 2018 and has been downloaded over 7,000 times. The anonymized data of the users are stored in encrypted form and serve as the basis for a scientific study on pollen allergy. The research project is headed by Professor Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier, head of the Allergy Unit.
So far, around 65 percent of the entire project has been financed. The University Hospital Zurich Foundation is looking for additional supporting partners for the study. Support the research project and help provide relief to people suffering from the effects of pollen and similar allergens in the future.
Your contact
Corinna Adler, Managing Director
USZ Foundation
Moussonstrasse 2
8044 Zürich
Tel. +41 43 254 55 00
corinna.adler@usz-foundation.com
University Hospital Zurich Foundation
The University Hospital Zurich (USZ) is one of the leading hospitals in Switzerland. The University Hospital Zurich Foundation, founded in 2017, solicits donations and legacies from institutions and private individuals. Together with our supporting partners we enable innovative projects in research, teaching and treatment at the University Hospital Zurich. Our goal: Patients should be able to benefit directly from improved treatments.