Scientific conference
Organisers: Drs David Freed and John Mansfield
Friday 26 June 2009
RCGP, 14 Prince’s Gate, London SW7 1PU
| 09.00-09.30 | Registration | |
| 09.30-09.40 | Chairman’s welcoming remarks | Prof Jonathan Brostoff |
| 09.40-10.20 | Anaphylaxis: recognition and management – when to prescribe an auto-injector | Dr Andrew Bentley Consultant Physician, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester |
| 10.20-11.00 | Nutrition and asthma | Prof PC Calder
Institute of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee | |
| 11.30-12.10 | The ‘old friends’ hypothesis and Darwinian medicine: how broad are the implications? (And the hygiene hypothesis revisited) | Prof Graham AW Rook University College, London |
| 12.10-12.50 | Worms versus allergies | Prof David Pritchard Professor of Parasite Immunology, University of Nottingham |
| 12.50-13.50 | Lunch | |
| 13.50-14.30 | The changing faces of allergy | Prof Martin K Church
University of Southampton |
| 14.30-15.10 | Moulds, pollens and thunderstorm asthma | Prof Jean Emberlin
University of Worcester |
| 15.10-15.40 | Coffee | |
| 15.40-16.20 | Allergy-induced airway injury and tissue repair in asthma | Dr Harsha Kariyawasam PhD MRCP
Consultant in Allergy, Rhinology and Respiratory Medicine, RNTNE and Royal Free NHS Trust, London |
| 16.20-17.00 | An ecomed viewpoint | David Freed, John Mansfield and Margaret Moss
BSEM |
| 17.00-17.30 | Discussion | |
| 17.30 | Close |
Registration
Fee: Members £120
Non-members £140
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