Hypersensitivity/Allergic Diseases Summer School
August 25-29, 2006
Aspen Meadows Resort, Aspen, Colorado

Presentations

Saturday, August 26, 2006
8:00 - 8:30 am Erina Lin, MD
Inflammatory Effects of Diesel Exhaust Particles in Children and Adults
8:30 – 9:00 am

Vinay Mehta, MD
Sputum Eosinophilia in Asthmatics is Associated with Sinus Mucosal Thickening and Osteitis on Computed Tomography

9:00 – 9:30 am David Naimi, DO
Pilot Study: Adolescents and Asthma: The Perceived Risks and Benefits of Adherence
9:30 – 10:00 am Alkis Togias, MD
How the Nose Speaks to the Lungs: Current Knowledge & Discussion of Future Work
10:30 - 11:00 am Eyal Oren, MD
New Approaches to Diagnose Carboplatin Hypersensitivity
11:00 - 11:30 am Sean Lucas, MD
Asthma and Breathlessness in School Age Children
11:30 – 12:00 pm Aleena Banerji, MD
Evaluation of the Mechanism of ACE Inhibitor Angioedema
Noon – 12:30 pm Rebecca Gruchalla, MD PhD
Inner-City Anti-IgE Therapy for Asthma (ICATA) – Mechanistic Studies
2:00 – 2:30 pm Brian Vickery, MD
Peanut Allergy Immunotherapy: The Development of a Modified Protein Vaccine
2:30 – 3:00 pm Adina Kay Knight, MD
The CCR6-CCL20 Chemokine Axis is Necessary for Food Allergen-Induced Diarrhea
3:00 – 3:30 pm Wesley Burks, MD
Peanut Allergy: Desensitization & Tolerance
4:00 – 4:30 pm

Marie-Helene Sajous, MD
A Single-blind, Randomized, Equivalence Trial Comparing Monotherapy with an ICS to Combination Therapy with an ICS Plus a LABA in Subjects with Mild Persistant Asthma

4:30 – 5:00 pm Sapandeep Singh, MD
TSLP: The Master Switch for Atopy?
5:00 - 5:30 pm Stokes Peebles, MD
Cyclooxygenase Regulation of Allergic Responses in the Lung

Sunday, August 27, 2006
8:00 - 8:30 am Hana Alachkar, MD
T Regulatory Cell Activity as a Disease and a Prognostic Marker in Children with Eczema
8:30 - 9:00 am Kelly Stone, MD PhD
Ganglioside-induced Toll-like Receptor Signaling Inhibition
9:00 – 9:30 am Zoulfia Allakhverdi, PhD
Expression of CD103 Identifies Human Regulatory T cell Subsets
9:30-10:00 am Judith Woodfolk, MBChb PhD
The Paradoxical Increase in CD25+ Tregs in Atopic Dermatitis Promotes a Th2 Response
10:30 – 11:00 am Diogenes Ferreira, MD
Characterization of 73 Autopsy- proven Cases of Fatal Asthma in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Contractile and Synthetic Phenotype Gene Expression of Airway Smooth Muscle in Fatal Asthma
11:00 – 11:30 am Breck Nichols, MD
Asthma Case Detection – The Breathmobile Program
11:30 am – Noon Melody Carter, MD
Are Diagnostic Criteria for Mastocytosis Developed for Adults Applicable to Children?
Noon – 12:30 pm James Gern, MD
Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma

Monday, August 28, 2006
8:00 - 8:30 am Kathryn Hulse
Analysis of the Immunomodulatory Effects of Targeting Cat Allergen to Antigen Presenting Cells
8:30 - 9:00 am David Sloane, MD
Expression and Function of Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptors on Innate Immune Cells
9:00 – 9:30 am Sumita Roy-Ghanta, MD
Future Directions for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
10:30 – 11:00 am Oner Ozdemir, MD
Omalizumab Trial in a Patient with Malignant Idiopathic Anaphylaxis
11:00 – 11:30 am Jody Tversky, MD
Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Allergy and Inflammation
11:30 am – Noon Elizabeth Erwin, MD
Changes to the Immune Response to Cat Among University Students Undergoing Decreased Exposure to Cat Allergens
Noon – 12:30 pm Lanny Rosenwasser, MD
The Placebo Effect in Asthma
1:30 – 2:00 pm Nataliya Kushnir-Sukhov, MD
5-HT 1A Receptor Mediates Mast Cell Chemotaxis to Serotonin
2:00 – 2:30 pm Jin Ping Guo, MD PhD
Targeting Siglec-8 and Siglec-F to Reduce Eosinophilic Responses in vitro and in vivo
2:30 – 3:00 pm Jianfeng Meng, MD
CD23 and Its Genetic Polymorphisms in Allergic Reactions
3:00 – 3:30 pm Jonathan Arm, MD (Part 1 | Part 2)
Regulation of Innate Immunity by a Secretory Phospholipase A2
3:30 – 4:00 pm David Anmuth, MD
Relationship of Asthma and BMI in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Asthma
4:00 – 4:30 pm David Amrol, MD
Specific IgE as a Predictor of Clinical Fire Ant Allergy
4:30 – 5:00 pm Thomas Platts-Mills, MD PhD
Sensitization and Tolerance to Inhalant Allergens