Asthma Going Viral
DAY 1
Chaired by: Dr Tom Fardon (Dundee) and Dr Ran Wang (Manchester)
9:00am - The interplay between viruses and childhood asthma inception
Professor James Gern (USA)
9:30am - Asthma exacerbations and viruses: what we have learnt from the bench
Professor Sebastian Johnston (London)
10:00am - Asthma exacerbations and viruses: what we have learnt from the bedside
Professor David Jackson (London)
9:00 AM
90 MINUTE SESSIONLearning objectives
- To understand the role of respiratory viruses in the inception and pathogenesis of asthma
- To review the latest mechanistic insights from experimental and translational models exploring the pathophysiology of virus-induced asthma exacerbations
- To understand current and novel strategies to limit the impact of respiratory viruses in patients at risk of severe asthma exacerbations
Speakers
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BIOGRAPHY
James E. Gern, MD, is a Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Gern’s research program focuses on identifying how viral respiratory infections and other environmental and host factors influence exacerbations of childhood asthma. He established the Children’s Allergy and Asthma Data Repository (CADRE), which pools and harmonizes data from 13 US birth cohorts. Dr. Gern also leads a laboratory-based program investigating rhinovirus-C types and how allergic inflammation and the airway microbiome influence rhinovirus-epithelial cell interactions and respiratory outcomes in childhood asthma.
Professor James Gern