Immunologic Insights into Environmental Triggers of Asthma

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Monday, March 7, 2016: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM

Convention Center, Level Two, Room 408A

1.25 CME/CE

Symposium

Moderator:

John W. Steinke , PhD FAAAAI

Learning Objectives:

Identify how environmental triggers of asthma can promote frequent exacerbation phenotypes
Discuss new immunologic mechanisms by which common environmental triggers promote asthma
Discuss how environmental allergens can act as immunomodulators independent of their antigenicity

10:45 AM

How Does Rhinovirus Infections Cause Asthma Exacerbations?
James E. Gern, MD FAAAAI

11:05 AM

Mold Exposure and Asthma: A New IgE-Independent Mechanistic Link
Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, MD PhD FAAAAI

11:25 AM

Controlled Human Exposures Unravel the Association Between Air Pollution Exposures and Asthma
Chris Carlsten, MD MPH

11:45 AM

Question & Answer

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