Author

Ralf G. Heine

Dr. Heine is trained in Paediatric Gastroenterology and Allergy at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, where he worked as a Senior Staff Specialist from 1999 to 2017.

As a clinician researcher at the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), he was involved in several clinical trials on gastrointestinal food allergy, gastro-oesophageal reflux, and eosinophilic oesophagitis.

From 2017 to 2023, Dr. Heine worked as the Global Clinical Development Lead in Paediatric Allergy at Nestlé Health Science in Switzerland, where he conducted clinical trials on hypoallergenic formulas and the gut microbiome in infants with cow’s milk allergy.

In 2024, Dr. Heine returned to Australia and re-joined the MCRI in Melbourne as an Honorary Research Fellow.

3 Articles

1 Podcast

10 Videos

6 Publications

Articles from this author

Dietary strategies for early immune modulation in primary food allergy prevention

Preventing Atopy and Allergic Disease

Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Example of an Emerging Allergic Manifestation?

Podcasts from this author

Ralf Heine - Dietary strategies for early immune modulation in primary food allergy prevention - Annales Nestlé - Episode 5

Videos from this author

Navigating the Cow’s Milk Allergy Journey: From Diagnosis to Nutritional Optimization

How do HMO modulate the immune system in infants with CMPA_ emerging evidence and clinical implications

How do HMOs modulate the immune system in infants with CMPA: Emerging evidence and clinical implications

Questions and answers

HMO shape the gut microbiome in infants with CMPA

HMO, Microbiome and Allergy Prevention - What's Their Link?

Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy: Change of Concepts

Publications from this author

Annales 77.3 - Vitamin D: From Gestation to Adolescence in Health and Disease (publications)

Annales 80.2 - Prevention of allergies in the post-pandemic era

Effects of an Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula Supplemented with Two Human Milk Oligosaccharides on Growth, Tolerability, Safety and Infection Risk in Infants with Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy: A Randomized, Multi-Center Trial

Nestlé Research A journey of research and innovation in the fight against allergies

Lactose intolerance and gastrointestinal cow’s milk allergy in infants and children – common misconceptions revisited

Food Intolerance and Allergy

Dietary prevention and management of allergies in childhood – An outlook into the future