8:00-8:30 am Continental Breakfast 8:30-9:00 am Introduction to the Immune System - Abul Abbas, MD 9:00-10:00 am Innate Immunity - Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD 10:00-10:15 am Break 10:15-11:15 am Antigen Presentation and T Cell Activation and Costimulation - Abul Abbas, MD 11:15 am-12:15 pm CD8 Effector Cells and NK Cells - Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD 12:15-1:00 pm Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm CD4 T Cell Subsets - Abul Abbas, MD 2:00-3:00 pm T Cell Regulation and Tolerance - Abul Abbas 3:00-3:30 pm Break 3:30-4:30 pm T-B Cell Collaboration - Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD 4:30-5:30 pm Tumor Immunity - Abul Abbas, MD 5:30 pm Adjourn
Learning Objectives:
Describe the major advances in basic immunology that are most relevant to human diseases, and the unresolved issues and future challenges.
Recognize the fundamental mechanisms underlying immunologic diseases and the commonality among diverse organ-specific disease states.
Identify the basic principles underlying therapeutic modulation of the immune system, and the mechanisms of action of the major classes of immune modulators.
Critically evaluate the medical literature reporting advances pertinent to immune diseases and immunotherapies.
Explain the rationale for the use of new immunodiagnostic and immunotherapeutic modalities in patients.