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

SESSION ONE
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

SESSION TWO
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

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