Description
This session will focus on describing the complex interactions between host immune cells & microbial pathogens in the lungs of patients with CF.
Educational Objectives:
- Summarize data regarding the complexity of microbial pathogens in the CF lung.
- Discuss host factors that impact P. aeruginosa infection in CF.
- Summarize recent findings on the role of respiratory viral infections on disease progression in CF.
Speaker(s):
- Alix
Ashare,
M.D., Ph.D.,
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
- Thomas
Bjarnsholt
- Jennifer
Bomberger,
Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
- Peter
Jorth,
Ph.D.
- Stephen
Lory,
Ph.D.
- Dao
Nguyen,
M.D., FRCPC,
Associate professor
