Inflammation Symposium May 23, Registration Required

Inflammation is absolutely essential for effective immune responses, including pathogen clearance and wound healing. However a failure in the resolution of inflammation, or the chronic continuation of pathogen-independent inflammation, compromises the development of protective immune responses and drives a multitude of diseases. Expanding on the work done during the 2015 Provost’s Symposium on Inflammation, Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD, Microbiology and Lee Wetzler, MD, Director of the Training Program in Inflammatory Disorders and Section of Infectious Diseases, have organized a symposium on inflammation.

This symposium will be held on Monday, May 23 in Bakst Auditorium and is sponsored by the Training Program in Inflammatory Disorders, BUSM’s Division of Graduate Medical Sciences, the Department of Microbiology, the Evans Foundation ARC Program, and the Sections of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Nephrology in the Department of Medicine.

This event assembles leaders and trainees in the field of inflammatory responses to pathogens, obesity, and autoimmunity to 1. Refine our current understanding of the diffuse term inflammation; 2. Identify gaps between this understanding and the identification of cures for inflammatory disease; and 3. Brainstorm strategies that will fill these gaps to move our academic understanding of inflammation closer to improved clinical outcomes. Join us for discussion, interaction and collaboration on key concepts and questions in inflammation.

Learn more about the symposium schedule.  The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Questions? Contact program administrator, Francisco Patino.