Breathing danger: COPD beyond tobacco
DAY 2
Chaired by: Professor Sarah Walmsley (Edinburgh) and Dr Marie Fisk (Cambridge)
2:15pm - Mechanistic insights into vaping and e-cigarette exposure in COPD
Professor Aaron Scott (Birmingham)
2:45pm - What are the multidimensional effects of cannabis smoking on the lung?
Professor Janice Leung (Canada)
3:15pm - What are the multidimensional effects of cannabis smoking on the lung?
Professor Janice Leung (Canada)
2:15 PM
90 MINUTE SESSION
Learning objectives
- To understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which vaping and e-cigarette exposure contribute to COPD pathogenesis.
- To evaluate the respiratory effects of cannabis smoking and its role in development and progression of COPD.
- To understand how air pollution contributes to the development, exacerbation and global burden of COPD.
Speakers
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BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Janice Leung is a respirologist at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, and an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. She is the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Translational Airway Biology and the GlaxoSmithKline Chair in COPD. Her research interests are in novel exposures leading to accelerated airways disease, including HIV, vaping, and cannabis smoking. She is supported by grant funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canadian Cancer Society, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Professor Janice Leung