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 SESSION

Learning 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

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