Study Partners
Before Brands, Inc. is the study’s sponsor, Duke Clinical Research Institute, which is part of Duke University, is coordinating study operations.
Pattern Health provides the technology that enables the INTENT Study app and study experience for participants.
Executive Committee
The Executive Advisory Committee of the INTENT Study is a team of highly recognized leaders in the fields of clinical research, pediatric allergy and immunology, early childhood nutrition, and technology. Before Brands engaged the committee members to provide independent scientific oversight and guidance for the duration of the study, including protocol and content development, recruitment and retention of participants, study data results, and publications.
The committee members’ participation in the INTENT Study does not imply endorsement of any commercial products.
Principal Investigators
David Jeong, MD
Principal Investigator
Pediatrician and Allergist
Section Head, Virginia Mason Medical Center and Benaroya Research Institute
Christoph Hornik, MD, PhD
Duke Clinical Research Institute Principal Investigator
Assoc. Professor, Duke University
Chief, Division of Quantitative Sciences
Executive Advisory Committee
Drew Bird, MD
Director of the Food and Allergy Center at Children's Medical Center
Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH
Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Food Allergy & Asthma
Professor, Northwestern University School of Medicine
Susannah Fox
Healthcare and information technology researcher
Chief Technology Officer, US Department of Health and Human Services (2015-17)
Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD
SpoonfulONE Inventor
Director, Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University
Endowed Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Edwin Kim, MD, MS
Study Consultant for DCRI
Director, UNC Food Allergy Initiative
Associate Professor, UNC
Carina Venter, PhD, RD
Chair, International Network of Dietitians and Nutritionists in Allergy
Associate Professor of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
Dave Stukus, MD
Director, Food Allergy Treatment Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Associate Professor, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Wendy Sue Swanson, MD, MBE
Digital Health Advisor
Pediatrician and Chief Medical Officer at Before Brands