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Lung Research Symposium

The 2018 Lung Research Symposium will take place on June 19, 2018.

Information on last year's Symposia can be found below.

 Keynote

Discovery proteomics reveals new therapeutic targets for the treatment of fibrosis

Oliver Eickelberg, MD, FERS

Oliver Eickelberg, MD, FERS

Chief and Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus


Tuesday, June 20, 2017
3:10 to 4:00 PM
Prentice Womens' Hospital, 3rd Floor-Canning Auditorium
250 East Superior, Chicago, IL 60611

 Schedule

Lung Mini-Symposium
Schedule of Events June 20, 2017

Canning Auditorium, Prentice Women's Hospital, 3rd Floor
251 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611

Downloadable Schedule   |   Downloadable Keynote Flyer

8:30 AM

Scott Budinger, MD, Chief & Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Airway Diseases - Welcoming Remarks

8:35-9:10 AM

Susan Quaggin, MD, Chief & Charles H. Mayo Professor - "Pathways for establishing and maintaining the microvasculature”

9:15-9:35 AM

Lauren Diebold, Graduate Student, Chandel Lab - "Mitochondrial Respiration is necessary for angiogenesis"

9:40-10:00 AM

Steven Dudek, MD, Chief & Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Sleep & Allergy, University of Illinois at Chicago - “Targeting Abl Kinases in acute lung injury”

10:05-10:25 AM Paul Reyfman, MD, Clinical Fellow - “Investigating Human Lung Disease by Transcriptomic Profiling of Key Cellular Populations”

10:30-10:45 AM

Coffee Break — Conference Room L, Prentice Women’s Hospital

11:00-11:05 AM

Rich Wunderink, MD, Director, NMH MICU; Professor - “Recovery from pneumonia; The beginning is not the end”

11:10-11:30 AM

James Walter, MD, Clinical Fellow - “Transcriptomic Profiling of Flow-sorted Alveolar Macrophages to Guide Therapy for Severe Pneumonia”

11:35‐11:55 AM Monique Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Rheumatology - “Esophogeal dilation and interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis”
12:00‐12:20 PM Jacqueline Kruser, MD, Clinical Fellow - “Communication Patterns in High-Stakes Medical Decisions: Is There Actually A Choice?”
12:25‐12:45 PM Thomas Stoeger, PhD, Data Science Scholar & Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Amaral Lab, Chemical & Biological Engineering - “Mapping the transcriptomes of aging mice”

Lung Poster Session

Harris Family Atrium, 3rd Floor, Prentice Women's Hospital
251 E Superior, Chicago, IL 60611

1:00-1:30 PM

Poster Set Up — Harris Family Atrium, Prentice Women’s Hospital

1:30-3:00 PM

Poster Viewing — Harris Family Atrium, Prentice Women’s Hospital

3:00-3:05 PM

Scentific Abstract Awards - Canning Auditorium, 3rd Floor, Prentice Women's Hospital

3:00-4:00 PM

Keynote Lecture

Oliver Eickelberg, MD, FERS
Chief and Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus


“Discovery proteomics reveals new therapeutic targets for the treatment of fibrosis”

Canning Auditorium, 3rd Floor, Prentice Women’s Hospital

4:00-5:00  PM

Reception ‐ Conference Room L North, 3rd Floor Prentice Women’s Hospital

 Abstract Submission

Please complete the Abstract Submission Form and send this along with your CV to pulmonary@northwestern.edu.
Please complete the form electronically and do not hand write the form.
The deadline to submit your abstract is Friday, June 15, 2018 at 4pm.

If you have difficulties with the pdf form you may also send the requested information in the body of an email.