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Arizona Respiratory Center

 

Professional Education: 2004-2005 Benjamin Burrows Lung Immunology

Seminar Series (September 2004 through May 2005)

2004

September 23

Fernando Martinez, M.D.
Director, Arizona Respiratory Center
The Univeristy of Arizona

Topic: Pharmaco-Phenogenetics: Why Do Patients Respond
(or Don't) To Asthma-Control Medications?

September 30

Yun-Cai Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Member
LaJolla Institute for Allerby & Immunology
San Diego, California
La Jolla Institute of Immunology

Topic: Protein Ubiquitination in the Immune Regulation

October 14

Marilyn Halonen, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology, Microbiology, & Immunology
The University of Arizona

Topic: Immune Biomarkers that Predict Infant Wheezing, Childhood Asthma, and Adult COPD

October 21

Gurjit Khurana-Hershey, M.D., PH.D.
Director, Center for Translation Research
in Asthma and Allerty
Pediatrics Cincinati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio

Topic: Signals on the Road to Asthma

October 28

Donata Vercelli, M.D.
Associate Director,
Arizona Respiratory Center
The University of Arizona

Topic: Functional Genomics of IL-13: Learning by Unlearning

October 18

Terry Machen
Professor
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkely, California

Topic: Innate Immune Defense in Lung Airways: Epithelial Cell Functions and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Products

December 9

Janis Burkhardt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia &
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Topic: Cytoskeletal Regulation of T cell Activation

December 13

Stanley J. Szefler, M.D.
Director of Clinical Pharmacology
Department of Pediatrics
National Jewish Medical & Research Center

Topic: Predictors of Response to Asthma Medications

December 16

Anne Wright
Research Professor
Arizona Respiratory Center
Department of Pediatrics
The University of Arizona

Topic: Infant Feeding, Microbial Exposure and IgE in Early Life


 

2005

January 13

Scott Boitano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Physiology, Cell Biology, Anatomy
Arizona Respiratory Center
The University of Arizona

Topic: Airway Epithelial Biology Studies: Extracellular Matrix and Intercellular Junctions

January 20

Talal Chatila, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Immunology
Allergy and Rheumatology
UCLA
Los Angeles, California

Topic: Genetic Dissection of IL-4R Alpha Signaling Pathways in Allergic Airway Inflamation

January 27 CANCELLED

Dr. Joanna Monti-Masel
Assistant Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
The University of Arizona

Topic: The [PSI] Prion and Hidden Genetic Variation: An Evolutionary Approach

Febrary 10

Peter Heyman, M.D.
Head, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine
University of Virginia Health System
University of Virginia

Topic: Wheezing Exacerbation in Children and Young Adults: The Role of Viral Infections in the Context of Age and Atopy

Febrary 17

Stefano Guerra, M.D., Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Public Health
Arizona Respiratory Center
The University of Arizona

Topic:

Febrary 24

Kim Bottomly
Yale University

Topic:

March 10

Walt Klimecki, DVM, Ph.D
Associate Research Scientist
The Arizona Respiratory Center
The University of Arizona

Topic:

March 17

Trish LeVan, Ph.D
Research Assistant, Professor of Medicine
The Arizona Respiratory Center
The University of Arizona

Topic:

March 24

Sonia Ancoli-Israel

University of California, San Diego

Topic:

March 31

Theresa Guilbert, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Arizona Respiratory Center
The University of Arizona

Topic:

April 14

Duane Sherrill
Arizona Respiratory Center
The University of Arizona

Topic:

April 21

Qutayba Hamid
McGill University

Topic:


 


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