Allison Hicks, MD

Allison Hicks, MD, is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a pediatric allergist at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She also serves as director of food immunotherapies and director of the Food Challenge and Research Unit, where she provides clinical leadership for food allergy care and therapeutic programs.

Dr Hicks is a clinician-investigator whose research focuses on developing practical evidence-based approaches to the treatment of pediatric food allergies. Her interests include dietary advancement strategies such as food ladders, food allergy immunotherapy, and early intervention in infants and young children. Her work emphasizes pragmatic clinical research and the translation of emerging food allergy therapies into approaches that are effective, accessible, and feasible in real-world clinical practice.