Update on immunological aspects of respiratory disease
Wednesday 16 June 2010
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
A joint meeting with the Clinical Immunology & Allergy Section
Early bird fees expire on 16 May 2010
Registration Details:
RSM Early Bird Fellow: £40
RSM Early Bird Associate: £30
RSM Early Bird Trainee: £30
RSM Early Bird Retired Fellow: £30
RSM Early Bird Student: £15
Early Bird Consultant/GP: £60
Early Bird AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £35
Early Bird Trainee: £35
Early Bird Student: £25
RSM Fellow: £50
RSM Associate: £35
RSM Trainee: £35
RSM Retired Fellow: £35
RSM Student: £20
Consultant/GP: £75
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £40
Trainee: £40
Student: £30
Meeting ref: RMA05
CPD (Applied for)
1.30 pm |
Registration and coffee |
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SESSION ONE |
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| Chair: Dr Noemi Eiser, President, Respiratory Medicine Section, RSM | |
1.55 pm |
Welcome address |
| Dr Noemi Eiser, President, Respiratory Medicine Section, RSM | |
2.00 pm |
Beta-receptor polymorphism and asthma therapy |
| Prof Brian Lipworth, Professor of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, University of Dundee | |
2.40 pm |
The connection between rhinitis and asthma. Is the nose a peephole to the lung? |
| Dr Glenis Scadding, Consultant Physician, Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital, London | |
3.20 pm |
Tea break |
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SESSION TWO |
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| Chair: Dr Sonya Abraham, Council Member, Clinical Immunology & Allergy Section, RSM | |
3.40 pm |
Phenotyping refractory asthma: Implications for patient-specific therapies |
| Prof Chris Brightling, MRC Clinician Scientist & Honorary Lecturer, Leicester Medical School | |
4.20 pm |
The interaction between viruses and immunity in asthma |
| Prof Sebastian Johnston, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London | |
5.00 pm |
Refreshment break and completion of evaluation forms |
5.30 pm |
Priscilla Piper Lecture: Title TBC |
| Dr Pamela Ewan, Consultant Allergist, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge | |
6.15 pm |
Close of meeting |