Join us for the 3rd Annual UNC Adult Cystic Fibrosis Fall Fundraiser and Cornhole Tournament for our Patient Assistance Fund! The University of North Carolina’s Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center will host the cornhole tournament complete with local food trucks and raffles, too. What better way to spend your Sunday afternoon than raising money for our … Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, October 23rd, for the first Visiting Pulmonary Scholar seminar of the 2019-2020 season. Stephanie Shore, PhD, a Senior Lecturer in the Physiology Program at the Harvard School of Public Health, will speak on “Obesity, Asthma, and the Gut Microbiome." The local speaker to follow will be Colette N. Miller, MS, PhD, … Read more
Please join us on Friday, October 25th, for a presentation by the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology's Phillip Clapp, PhD, and William Bennett, PhD. Their presentation is entitled “The Effects of E-cigarettes on Mucociliary Clearance: Data from In Vitro and Human In Vivo Studies.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. … Read more
Please join us on Friday, November 8th, for a presentation by Sally E. Wenzel, MD, Professor of Medicine and Immunology, Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Director of the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute at UPMC. Dr. Wenzel's presentation is entitled “At the Crossroads of Cell Differentiation and Cell Death.” This … Read more
Please join us on Friday, November 22nd, for a presentation by James Bonner, PhD, Professor in the Toxicology Program at North Carolina State University. Dr. Bonner's presentation is entitled “Immunotoxicology of Inhaled Nanoparticles and the Implications for Lung Disease Susceptibility.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.
Please join us on Wednesday, December 4th, for a special seminar by Steven Rowe, MD, MSPH, of the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Dr. Rowe will speak on “The Transformation of Cystic Fibrosis Therapy (and Other Opportunities in Diseases of Mucus).” This special seminar will begin at 2:00 p.m. and be held in 1131 Bioinformatics Hall. For more … Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, December 4th, for the next Visiting Pulmonary Scholar seminar of the 2019-2020 season. Jayaraj Rajagopal, MD, a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will speak on “New Insights into the Airway Epithelial Ensemble.” The local speaker to follow will be Kenichi Okuda, MD, PhD, Research Associate at the UNC Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary … Read more
Please join us on Friday, December 6th, for a presentation by Camille Ehre, PhD, Research Assistant Professor at the UNC Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center. Dr. Ehre's presentation is entitled “Role of CFTR on Mucus Properties.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.
Please join us on Friday, December 13th, for presentations by Saira Ahmad, PhD, and Arunava Ghosh, PhD. Dr. Ahmad is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Cystic Fibrosis / Pulmonary Research & Treatment. Her presentation is entitled “Novel Peptides Inhibit Orai1 to Reduce Pulmonary Inflammation.” Dr. Ghosh is a Research Associate in Cystic Fibrosis / Pulmonary Research … Read more
Please join us for a presentation by Kym Gowdy, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology at East Carolina University. Dr. Gowdy's presentation is entitled “A Fishy Story: Uncovering the Molecular Interactions Between Pulmonary Lipid Metabolism and Environmental Lung Diseases.” This session will be held in 321 MacNider Hall.