19th 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.