Plenary

Friday, March 2, 2018
2:15 PM-3:45 PM
1601
Environmental Impacts on Asthma: Biology to Intervention
Asthma
Session Details
Friday, March 2, 2018: 2:15 PM-3:45 PM
Convention Center, South Concourse, Level 1, South Hall A1
1.50 CME/CE
Primary Moderators:
David B. Peden, MD MS FAAAAI
Ignacio J. Ansotegui, MD PhD
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss remediations and interventions to mitigate exposures to environmental respiratory triggers in the home
- Describe epigenetic changes that can be traced to pollutant exposures
- Identify approaches to reducing the effects of pollutants on patients with allergic and immunologic diseases and review NIEHS-funded research on the impact of the environment on asthma
Saturday, March 3, 2018
8:15 AM-9:45 AM

2101
Asthma and Allergic Disorders in an Environment of Continuous Climate Change
Allergens/Allergy Testing/Allergy Therapeutics
Session Details
Saturday, March 3, 2018: 8:15 AM-9:45 AM
Convention Center, South Concourse, Level 1, South Hall A1
1.50 CME/CE
Primary Moderators:
Mario Sanchez-Borges, MD FAAAAI
David B. Peden, MD MS FAAAAI
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the effects of pollutants on human respiratory diseases
- Discuss how climate change can modify the phenotypic expression of allergic diseases in different regions of the world
- Discuss what can be done to prevent climate changes and reduce the risks of allergic diseases
Sunday, March 4, 2018
8:15 AM-9:45 AM

3101
Environmental Influences on Innate Immunity: Insights and Mechanisms
Immune Mechanisms
Session Details
Sunday, March 4, 2018: 8:15 AM-9:45 AM
Convention Center, South Concourse, Level 1, South Hall A1
1.50 CME/CE
Primary Moderators:
Lanny J. Rosenwasser, MD FAAAAI
Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, MD PhD FAAAAI
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss how environmental influences affect the development of allergic diseases
- Discuss the mechanisms by which environmental influences impact the pathogenesis of allergic disorders
- Discuss the application of Systems Biology/Precision Medicine to allergic and immunologic disease
Monday, March 5, 2018
8:15 AM-9:45 AM
4101
Cutting Edge-Food Allergy Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Therapy
Food Allergy
Session Details
Monday, March 5, 2018: 8:15 AM-9:45 AM
Convention Center, South Concourse, Level 1, South Hall A1
1.50 CME/CE
Primary Moderators:
Anna H. Nowak-Wegrzyn, MD PhD FAAAAI
Mimi L. K. Tang, MBBS PhD FAAAAI
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the development of tolerance to food and what goes awry in food allergy
- Discuss novel therapeutic approaches to food allergy
- Identify new diagnostic approaches for food allergy