Dr. Joseph Baumert

Professor and Director

Education

• B.S. Agricultural Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• M.S. Animal Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Ph.D. Food Allergens / Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Post Doc. Food Allergy Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact Information

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Food Science and Technology
FARRP
Rm 282 Food Innovation Center
1901 N 21 Street
PO Box 886207
Lincoln, NE 68588-6207

Teaching and/or Extension Activities

• Teaching:  Advise Undergraduate, M.S. and Ph.D. students.
• Extension:  Food safety/food allergy related issues in food industry.

Research Areas

• Examination of the digestive stability of major food allergens and determining how digestion-resistant allergens may impact allergic sensitization to foods.
• Determination of minimal eliciting doses for specific food allergens.
• Examination of processing effects on food allergens.
• Development and improvement of immunochemical methods for detection of allergenic food proteins.

Selected Publications

• Taylor, S.L., Moneret-Vautrin, D.A., Crevel, R.W. R., Sheffield, D., Morisset, M., Dumont, P., Remington, B.C., Baumert, J.L. 2010. Threshold Dose for Peanut: Risk Characterization Based Upon Diagnostic Oral Challenge for a Series of 286 Peanut-Allergic Individuals. Food Chem Toxicol. 48:814-819.
• Taylor, S.L. and Baumert, J.L. 2010. Cross-Contamination of Foods and Implications for Food Allergic Patients. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 10:265-207.
• Remington, B.C., Baumert, J.L., Taylor, S.L. 2010. Risk Assessment of foods containing peanut advisory labeling. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 125(2):AB 218.
• Crevel, R., Moneret-Vautrin D.A., Morisset, M., Sheffield, D., Taylor, S.L., Baumert, J.L. 2010. A preliminary analysis of the evolution of peanut thresholds over repeated challenges in a population of consecutive clinic patients. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 125(2):AB84.
  Taylor, S.L., Moneret-Vautrin, D.A., Crevel, R.W. R., Sheffield, D., Morisset, M., Dumont, P., Baumert, J.L. 2009. Threshold Dose for Peanut: Risk Characterization Based Upon Diagnostic Oral Challenge for a Series of 287 Peanut-Allergic Individuals. Food Chem Toxicol. [submitted].
• Baumert. J.L., Bush, R.K., Levy, M.B., Koppelman, S.J., Nordlee, J.A., Hefle, S.L., Taylor, S.L. 2009. Distribution of Intact Peanut Protein and Digestion-Resistant Ara h 2 Peptide in Human Serum and Saliva. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 123:S268.
• Baumert, J.L., Hill, D.J., Koppelman, S.J., Hefle, S.L., Taylor, S.L.. 2008. Detection of Digestion-Resistant Ara h 2 Peptide in Breast Milk of Lactating Mothers. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 121:S185.
• Baumert, J.L., Peeters, K.A.B., Knulst, A.C., Koppelman, S.J., Maleki, S.J., Knol, E., Hefle, S.L. 2006. Development of and ELISA for Digestion-Resistant Ara h 2 Peptide: Monitoring the Peptide in Body Fluids of Healthy Volunteers Who Consume Peanut. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 117:S35.