|
|
|
|
Basic Immunology in Medicine: Update 2010 |
|
 | Basic Immunology in Medicine: Update 2010
Boston Marriott Copley Place
110 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Wednesday, June 23 at FOCIS 2010 |
| Course Faculty Abul K. Abbas, MD University of California, San Francisco  Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD Brigham & Women's Hospital  Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital | Registration Opens: December 2, 2009 Registration Closes: May 26, 2010 Please note: Course sells out quickly! Register now.  Interventional Immunology Registration Rate: $250 2 Course Package Rate including Basic Immunology & Interventional Immunology: $450 |
Purpose
The purpose of the course is to review selected topics in basic immunology, with emphasis on recent advances and issues that are relevant to the pathogenesis and treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.
Target Audience
This course was designed for practicing clinicians, trainees, and individuals in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies who are involved in the development of therapies for immunological diseases.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, attendees will be able to: - Describe the major advances in basic immunology that are most relevant to human diseases, and the unresolved issues and future challenges.
- Recognize the fundamental mechanisms underlying immunologic diseases and the commonality among diverse organ specific disease states.
- Identify the basic principles underlying therapeutic modulation of the immune system, and the mechanisms of action of the major classes of immune modulators.
- Critically evaluate the medical literature reporting advances pertinent to immune diseases and immunotherapies.
- Explain the rationale for use of new immunodiagnostic and immunotherapeutic modalities in patients.
Preliminary Agenda | 8:30 – 8:45 am | Introduction and Overview – Abul Abbas, MD | | 8:45 – 9:45 am | Innate Immunity – Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD | | 9:45 – 10:15 am | Break | | 10:15 – 11:15 am | T Cell Activation – Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD | | 11:15 am – 12:15 pm | Effector T Cells – Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD | | 12:15 – 1:15 pm | Lunch | | 1:15 – 2:15 pm | B Cells and Antibodies – Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD | | 2:15 – 3:15 pm | T Cell Regulation and Tolerance – Abul Abbas, MD | | 3:15 – 3:45 pm | Break | | 3:45 – 4:45 pm | Autoimmunity - Abul Abbas, MD | | 4:45 – 5:30 pm | Discussion, adjourn |
Accreditation
The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education credits for physicians.
The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
|
|
|
|
|
© 2010 FOCIS | Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
