19^th ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM

November 20, 2009

        The Airway

 

Chairpersons:            Landon King, M.D.

            Bruce Bochner, M.D.

 

Program

Genetics of Asthma: Past, Present and Future

Kathleen C. Barnes, Ph.D.

 

Autophagy in Lung Disease: Friend or Foe

Augustine M.K. Choi, M.D.

 

Airway Epithelial Host Defenses: A Key to Regulating Viral Exacerbations of Asthma and COPD?

David Proud, Ph.D.

 

Dangerous Allergens: New Concepts in Allergic Innate Immunity

Steve N. Georas, M.D.

 

Inflammatory and Immune Responses in the Upper Airways and Sinuses of Humans

Robert P. Schleimer, Ph.D.

 

Non-Adherence in Difficult-to-Control Asthma:  Prevalence, Causes, and Interventions

Cynthia S. Rand, Ph.D.

 

The Role of the Nasal Ocular Reflex in Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis

Robert M. Naclerio, M.D.

 

Virus-Induced Asthma Attacks

David B. Jacoby, M.D.