Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease:
Injury, Inflammation, Stem Cells, and Tissue Repair
Hilton Washington DC/Rockville
Executive Meeting Center
Rockville, MD - USA, June 26-28, 2010
PathPack: Immunopathology
(Online Self-Study Course based on the live educational activity)
General Information
The ASIP 2010 Summer Academy, a course in the Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease series, is a 2-1/2 day in-depth overview of current and cutting edge cell and molecular biology of human diseases focusing on injury, inflammation, stem cells, and tissue repair. This course is designed for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty, and scientists from industry desiring a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying basic physiologic processes and how those pathways contribute to pathology and disease. For example, basic presentations on pathways of cell injury and apoptosis were linked with strategies to limit cell death; leukocyte recruitment and activation lead into informal discussions of atherosclerosis and septic shock. PathPack: Immunopathology is an online self-study version of the "live" educational activity, consisting of audio-synchronized PowerPoint presentations captured from the ASIP 2010 Summer Academy. PathPack: Immunopathology is approved by the American Board of Pathology for 13 SAM credits.
The goal of the ASIP 2010 Summer Academy is to introduce researchers and educators to a broad sampling of new and exciting areas of biomedical research.
Daily sessions are planned as a series of 1-1.5 hour blocks organized with basic overviews followed by frontier presentations by national experts.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. discuss the research underway and/or current molecular approaches to the pathophysiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic approaches of immunopathologic disorders;
2. demonstrate a gained level of knowledge of the methods and techniques being used by researchers and practitioners; and
3. utilize information and data that lead to improvements in human health.