2009 Annual Meeting

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LUNG:
DETECTION, PREVENTION, AND MECHANISMS OF DISEASE

June 10 - 13, 2009

Lee S. Newman, M.D., M.A., Chair
Lisa A. Maier, M.D., M.S.P.H., Co-Chair
Arnold R. Brody, Ph.D., Co-Chair

Given Institute - www.giveninstitute.org
Aspen, Colorado

TOPICS AND STATE OF THE ART SPEAKERS

“Emerging Exposures and Respiratory Health”
William N. Rom, M.D., M.P.H.
New York, New York

“Nanoparticles as a Potential Cause of Pleural and Interstitial Lung Disease”
James C. Bonner, Ph.D.
Raleigh, North Carolina

“When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (and Lungs)”
John R. Balmes, M.D.
San Francisco, California

“Inorganic Dust Exposure and Respiratory Disease among Agricultural Workers”
Marc B. Schenker, M.D., M.P.H.
Davis, California

“Mesenchymal Stem Cells and the Mechanisms of Interstitial Fibrosis: Potential for Interaction with the Environment”
Arnold R. Brody, Ph.D.
Raleigh, North Carolina

“Environment and Immunology: Defending Self”
Andrew P. Fontenot, M.D.
Denver, Colorado

“Skin Exposure and Asthma: Is there a Connection?”
Carrie A. Redlich, M.D., M.P.H.
New Haven, Connecticut

“Indoor Air Pollution and Asthma”
Patrick N. Breysse, Ph.D., C.I.H.
Baltimore, Maryland

"How Much, How Long, What and Where...Air Pollution Exposure Assessment for Epidemiologic Studies of Respiratory Disease"
Michael Brauer, Sc.D.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

“Gene by Environment Interaction and Ambient Air Pollution”
Isabelle Romieu, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D.
Cuernavaca, Mexico

“Epigenetics and Environmental Lung Disease”
David A. Schwartz, M.D., M.P.H.
Denver, Colorado

CONFERENCE SUMMARY
David Christiani, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Boston, Massachusetts

Objectives of the Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference

• To provide an international forum for leading clinicians and researchers to exchange of ideas relating to clinical problems and research of the lung.
• To fill a recognized need in a field where knowledge is doubling every five years.
• To focus on a single topic, exhaustively reviewing it with significant time allowed for discussion.
• To provide the stimulus and impetus to further research in pulmonary medicine.