As the number of children with food allergies in the United States increases, so does the risk of children having a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction called anaphylaxis on school campuses. School nurses often have treatment plans in place for students with diagnosed allergies, but many children have their first allergic reactions at school, where a specific medication, such as EpiPen epinephrine injectors, may not be available and a response protocol may not be in place. In 2009, M. Kathleen Murphy, associate professor of nursing at UTMB, began developing an emergency anaphylaxis response protocol in the Milwaukee Public Schools to allow school nurses to assess for anaphylaxis and administer epinephrine from the school's supply to children with unidentified allergies and known allergies for whom prescription epinephrine auto-injectors have not been provided to the school. The news also appears in Science Codex.