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2010 – Understanding the Interface Between Asthma, Host Defense and Mucosal Immunity

At this pioneering University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute-hosted conference, foremost experts presented the latest understanding of biological pathways in asthma and clinical innovations for improving patient outcomes.

Following all speaker sessions on the first day, a facilitated poster session was led by Lauren Cohn, MD, Yale University for researchers to present their findings. 

The first day concluded with an evening banquet featuring a presentation by Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD, Harvard Medical School and editor-in-chief of The New England Journal of Medicine.

Scientific Sessions:

This revolutionary conference of international experts, caregivers, and industry specialists was a unique opportunity to discuss emerging data about asthma and analyze the information in relation to daily clinical practice and decision-making.

Day 1 of the two-day event focused on genetic, environmental, and phenotypic features that influence clinical care of several airway diseases.

• Non-Asthmatic Airway Disease: Clinical Update
• Asthma Phenotypes: Implications for Disease Mechanisms and Therapy
• Linking the Phenome to the Genome to Identify Endotypes

The second day focused on host, pathogen, and immune responses in asthma.

• The Intersection of Pathogens and Asthma: From Allergic Sensitization to Phenotyping
• First Lines of Host Defense: The Conversion of Innate with Adaptive Responses
• Th17: Too Much, Too Little (Or Too Late)?
• T Regulatory Cells in Many Flavors and Their Role in Allergic Inflammation
• Leading Thinkers from Industry

Distinguished speakers included:

• Kathleen C. Barnes, PhD | Johns Hopkins University
• Eugene R. Bleeker, MD | Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• Jessica M. Bon, MD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• William Busse, MD | University of Wisconsin
• Juan C. Celedón, DrPH, MD | Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Sheldon Cohen, PhD | Carnegie Mellon University
• Chen Dong, PhD | University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Jack A. Elias, MD | Yale University
• Christopher N. Faber, MD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Kenneth E. Fasanella, MD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Stephen J. Galli, MD | Stanford University School of Medicine
• Kevin F. Gibson, MD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Fernando Holguin, MD, MPH | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Jay K. Kolls, MD |Louisiana State University
• Mark Larché, PhD | McMaster University
• Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., MD | University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
• R. Stokes Peebles, MD | Vanderbilt University
• Andrej A. Petrov, MD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Anuradha Ray, PhD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Prabir Ray, PhD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Clark A. Rosen, MD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Robert P. Schleimer, PhD | Northwestern University
• David A. Schwartz, MD, MPH | National Jewish Health
• Frank C. Sciurba, MD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Donata Vercelli, MD | University of Arizona
• Erika von Mutius, MD, MSc | Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität, Munich
• Sally E. Wenzel, MD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Marsha Wills-Karp, PhD | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Prescott G. Woodruff, MD, MPH | University of California, San Francisco