Explore other Johns Hopkins Sites
 
 
 
 
 

Asthma & Allergy Symposium

The Biology of Epithelia in Immunity

17th Annual Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center Symposium

Friday, November 16, 2007

Preliminary Program
(Order of Speakers and final titles subject to change)

7:30 a.m. - 8:20 a.m. 

8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. 


8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. 










9:15 a.m - 10:00 a.m. 









10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.



11:15 a.m.-12:00 noon







12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. 





2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 






3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

3:15 p.m - 4:00 p.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome
Cristiana Stellato, M.D., Ph.D., Chairperson

Alice S. Prince, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics in Pharmacology
College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Columbia University,
New York, NY
Bacterial Activation of TLR2 Modulates Epithelial
Barrier
Function




Yong-Jun Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Department of Immunology and
Center of Cancer Immunology Research
The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center,
Houston. TX
From Epithelial Innate to Adaptive Immune
Response:Crosstalk Between Epithelium
and Dendritic Cells


Coffee Break

Pascal Chanez, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinique des Maladies Respiratoires, Montpellier, France
Bronchial Epithelium in Airway Diseases

Landon S. King, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Lymphocytes and Resolution of Direct
Epithelial Lung Injury: Who Knew?

Lunch

Lisa A. Beck, M.D.
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Director of Translational Research
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Keratinocyte Defects in Atopic Dermatitis

Alessio Fasano, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Physiology
Director, Mucosal Biology Research Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
The Role of Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Function in
Autoimmune Diseases Pathogenesis


Cofee And Pastry Break

Cristiana Stellato, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD
Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid Responses
in Airway Epithelium

Talks will be ~35-40 minutes in length followed by ~10 minutes of discussion

Pre-Registraton: Ms. Nancy Van Keuren, Symposium Coordinator nancyvk@jhmi.edu
Access to the Symposium is open to all; pre-registration is required for attendance to meals

Updated: 10/16/2007


 
 
 
 
 

© The Johns Hopkins University, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Johns Hopkins Health System, All rights reserved.

About Johns Hopkins Medicine | Patient Care | Education | Research | Health Information Library
Get Directions | Contact Us | Request an Appointment | Refer a Patient | Find a Doctor | Media Inquiries