Asthma Research Summit
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California Breathing, a program within the California Department of Public Health, and the American Asthma Foundation hosted their first two-day summit highlighting the latest in asthma research on December 10-11, 2008 in San Francisco. The summit brought together a variety of asthma stakeholders to share and learn about the most current findings in asthma etiology, and identify gaps and future directions for research. The Summit was a great success with over 120 participants from around the country.
While many of the resesearchers presented not-yet-published work, we can share summaries of their presentations, giving an overview of each area of research. In the agenda below, we have created links to summary documents when available. We were unable to post a summary document for some presentations. We hope that by sharing the proceedings of the two day event, theories can be applied to better the health of people with asthma. We are also hopeful that new research will be initiated, filling in some of the gaps or futher exploring promising areas of study.
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Day 1/ December 10, 2008
9:00 Welcome
Rick Kreutzer, MD
California Department of Public Health
9:20 Overview of Diseases that Make Up Asthma
Homer Boushey Jr., MD
University of California San Francisco
10:00 Genetics
Esteban Gonzalez Burchard, MD, MPH
University of California San Francisco
Benjamin A.Raby, MD, MPH
Bringham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
12:30 Environmental Exposures
Mark Mendell, PhD
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
John Balmes, MD
University of California San Francisco
Mark Eisner, MD, MPH
University of California San Francisco
Jane A. Hoppin ScD
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
3:15 Shapers of Response
Dale T. Umetsu, MD, PhD
Harvard University
Julian Solway, MD
University of Chicago
Sally Wenzel, MD
University of Pittsburg
Day 2/ December 11, 2008
9:00 Overview of the Day
David Calllahan, MD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
9:20 Mechanism of Allergic Response
Matthew Perzanowski, PhD
Columbia University
Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills, MD
University of Virginia
11:10 Stress and Asthma
Rosalind Wright, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
1:00 Nutrition, Diet and Endocrine Function
Jane Burns, ScD
Harvard School of Public Health
Michael Cabana, MD, MPH
University of California San Francisco
Margherita Cantorna, PhD
Penn State University
Akshay Sood, MD, MPH
University of New Mexico
3:30 Future Directions for Research
Homer Boushey Jr, MD
University of California San Francisco
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