VISITING PROFESSOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

Visiting Professor:

Wayne Anderson, Ph.D.

Head, Applied Genetics, Respiratory GlaxoSmithKline

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Topic:

The Double Helix: Changing the Pardigm of Personalized Medicine

Date:

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Venue:

University Club of Tampa

One Tampa City Center, Suite 3800

Tampa, FL 33602

Time:

Reception: 6:30 PM

Dinner:      7:00 PM

Lecture:     7:30 PM

Visiting Professor:

Eugene R. Bleecker, M.D.

Co-Director, Center for Human Genomics

  Section Head, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Immunologic Diseases

Wake Forest University School of Medicine 

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157

Topic:

Pharmacogenetics and Personalized Medicine in Asthma

Date:

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Venue:

University Club of Tampa

One Tampa City Center, Suite 3800

Tampa, FL 33602

Time:

Reception: 6:30 PM

Dinner:      7:00 PM

Lecture:     7:30 PM

Visiting Professor:

Markus W. Ollert, M.D.

Professor of Molecular Dermatology & Immunology

Director of Clinical Research Division in Molecular & Clinical 

  Allergotoxicology

Vice-Chairman, Dept of Dermatology & Allergy

Munich University of Technology

Munich, Germany

Topic:

Immunotherapy for Insect Venom Anaphylaxis: from Extracts to Molecules

Date:

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Venue:

James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital

Research Building, Conference Room

13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd

Tampa, Florida

Time:

7:00 – 8:00 AM

Visiting Professor:

Gene L. Colice, M.D.

Professor of Medicine

The George Washington University School of Medicine

Director, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Respiratory Services

Washington Hospital Center

Washington, D.C.

Topic:

Inflammation in Small Airways

Date:

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Venue:

University of South Florida College of Medicine, MDC 2301

Time:

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Visiting Professor:

Jennifer M. Puck, M.D.

Professor of Immunology

Department of Pediatrics and Institute for Human Genetics

University of California, San Francisco Medical School

San Francisco, California

Topic:

Advances in Genetics of Primary Immune Disorders

Date:

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Venue:

The Tampa Club

101 East Kennedy Boulevard

Suite 4200

Tampa, FL 33602

Time:

Reception: 6:30 PM

Dinner: 7:00 PM

Lecture: 7:30 PM

Visiting Professor:

Juan C. Celedon, MD, Dr.PH

Associate Professor of Medicine

Channing Laboratory & Division of    

Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Topic:

Asthma in Hispanics

Date:

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Venue:

University Club of Tampa

One Tampa City Center 

Tampa, FL 33602

Time:

Reception: 6:30 PM

Dinner: 7:00 PM

Lecture: 7:30 PM

Visiting Professor:

Jenny Ting, PhD

University of North Carolina

Alumni Distinguished Professor of

Microbioloigy - Immunology

Immunology Program Leader

Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Topic:

 CATERPILLER, Plexin and Semaphorin: New gene families in innate and adaptive immunity

Date:

Monday, March 19, 2007

Venue:

University of South Florida College of Medicine, MDA 1097

Time:

4:00 PM

Visiting Professor:

Stephen Peters, MD

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Associate Director, Center of Human Genomics

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, NC

Topic:

From Concept to Practice: The Pharmacology of Asthma

Date:

April 10 & 11, 2007

Venue:

Roy's Hawaiian Fusion (restaurant)

4342 W. Boy Scout Blvd                          

Tampa, FL

Time:

6:30 PM

Visiting Professor:

Todor Popov, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Clinical Centre of Allergology, Medical University

Sofia, Bulgaria 

Topic:

Mucoadhesive Approach for Drug Delivery

Date:

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Venue:

University of South Florida College of Medicine, MDC 3510

Time:

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Visiting Professor:

Steven D. Douglas, MD

Section Chief for Immunology

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Topic:

Selected Insights into HIV/AIDS: Immunology/Pathogenesis: Gender, Stress-Depression, and Adolescents"

Date:

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Venue:

Children's Health Center Auditorium

All Children's Hospital

800 Sixth Street South

St. Petersburg, FL

Time:

Reception: 6:30 PM

Dinner: 7:00 PM

Lecture: 7:30 PM

Visiting Professor:

Robert Wise, M.D.

Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Ctr.

Div of Pulmonary & Crit Care Medicine                                 

Baltimore, Maryland

Topic:

 1.  Bronchial -Obstructive Lung Disease"                  

 2.  Asthma vs. COPD     

Date:

Tuesday, January 23, 24, 2007

Venue:

Lecture 1:

James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital

Research Bldg, Conference Room

13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd

Tampa, FL

Lecture 2:          

University Club of Tampa

One Tampa City Center 

Tampa, FL 33602.

Time:

Reception:   6:30 PM                

Dinner:        7:00 PM

Lecture:       7:30 PM

Visiting Professor:

Burton Zweiman, M.D.

University of Pennsylvania School of  Medicine

Emeritus Professor of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Topic:

The Possible Relationship of Chronic Urticaria to Systemic Disease

Date:

Friday, January 5, 2007

Venue:

James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital

Research Building, Conference Room

13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd

Tampa, Florida