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2008 Summer Academy
Molecular Mechanisms
of Human Disease: Injury, Inflammation, and Tissue Repair
July 12-14-2008 -
Bethesda, MD
Coming in 2009!
The 2008 Summer Academy, Molecular Mechanisms of Human
Disease: Injury, Inflammation, and Tissue Repair, will be
offered as an Online Course with
CME & Self-Assessment Modules. Watch for
more information coming soon. |
The Molecular
Mechanisms of Human Disease Summer Course was a 2-1/2 day in-depth overview of
current and cutting edge cell and molecular biology of human
diseases focusing on injury, inflammation, and tissue repair. This
course was 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.
The 2008 Summer
Academy goal was to
introduce researchers and educators to a broad sampling of new and
exciting areas of biomedical research.
Daily sessions
were planned as a series of 1.5 hour blocks organized with basic
overviews followed by frontiers presentations by national experts.
Upon completion of this course, participants would be able to:
1.
Understand the fundamental pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying
human diseases in the areas of injury, inflammation, and tissue
repair;
2. Appreciate the current limits of our knowledge of disease,
as well as what are some of the exciting questions at those
frontiers; and
3. Understand the tools and approaches that will allow
research questions to be asked.
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