77 - New Science Behind Chronic Pulmonary Infectious Diseases

10/3/2019

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Room: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 152 AB

MOC Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CME Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACPE Credit: ACPE 0 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: no ACPE

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe recent new insights into the distribution of cells in human tissues, including the lung, that primarily mediate the abnormalities found in cystic fibrosis
describe recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms involved in invasive infection due to Aspergillus species
describe recent new insights into processes underlying pulmonary infection due to tuberculosis
describe recent findings relating to the mechanisms underlying chronic pulmonary infection in cystic fibrosis and chronic pulmonary infection due to Aspergillus species or tuberculosis

Presentations:

1:45 PM - 2:10 PM
825 - A Revised Landscape of the Cystic Fibrosis Lung
Steven Rowe, MD, MSPH – University of Alabama at Birmingham
2:10 PM - 2:35 PM
826 - Advances in Invasive Aspergillus Infection
Don Sheppard, MD – McGill University
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
827 - New Insights into Local Pulmonary Immunity to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Joanne L. Flynn, PhD – University of Pittsburgh

Moderator(s)

Marcia Goldberg, MD

Physician and Professor of Medicine and Microbiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose

Speaker(s)

Joanne Flynn, PhD

Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Steven Rowe, MD, MSPH

Professor, Director of Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Disclosure: Astra Zeneca: Grant/Research Support
Bayer: Grant/Research Support
Celtaxsys: Consultant, Grant/Research Support
Ionic: Grant/Research Support
ProQR: Consultant, Grant/Research Support
Synedgen: Grant/Research Support
Translate Bio: Grant/Research Support
Vertex: Consultant, Grant/Research Support
Don Sheppard, MD

Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
McGill University
Montreal, QC, Canada

Disclosure: Merck: Speaker's Bureau