Description

This session highlights the findings of recent innovative studies pertaining to the epidemiology of cystic fibrosis.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify determinants of lung function trends in children with CF, including those related to treatment and socioeconomic parameters.
• Appreciate challenges to providing high-quality CF care in resource-limited environments.
• Explain one or more relationships between CFTR modulator use and sweat chloride levels in people with CF.

Workshop Chair(s):

• Alex Gifford, M.D., Associate Professor
• Ranjani Somayaji, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, University of Washington

Workshop Speaker(s):

• Jonathan Cogen, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor
• Nicole Mayer Hamblett, Ph.D., Co-Executive Director, CFTDNCC
• Gabriela Oates, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
• Daniela Schlueter, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate in Biostatistics
• Grace Paul, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics