Overview
FOCIS will host multiple online symposia that will focus on areas of expertise, technologies, or themes connected to immunology. The initial goal is to hold two symposia a year. The timing may vary, but they will be scheduled to reach various time zones.
Format
Virtual with live presentations
Target Audience
FOCIS members, FCEs, Member Societies members, the general FOCIS community, industry partners, and nonmember clinical/ translational immunologists.
Organizer
Northwestern University FCE
Learning Objectives
After participating in the symposium, participants will be able to:
Apply to organize a symposium and virtually share your research.
Dr. Joshua Schanfield Stoolman
Dr. William A. Muller
Dr. Luisa Morales-Nebreda
Dr. Jaehyuk Choi
Adam Williams
Adam Williams is an Associate Professor in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Northwestern University. His lab focuses on identifying novel mechanisms of immune regulation in allergy by applying genomics- and genetics-based approaches at the single-cell level and across tissues. A major focus of his work is discovering genes and pathways that coordinate type 2 immune responses to promote allergic diseases—such as those in the lungs in response to airborne allergens and in the gut to food allergens—using both mouse models and human samples.
Nikita Mani
Nikita Mani recently received her PhD at Northwestern University and is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Sam Weinberg in the Department of Pathology at Northwestern University. There, she studies the immunomodulatory effects of lactate on Treg cell metabolism and function in a range of immunological mouse models.
| Time(PT) | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. | Opening remarks by the co-chairs: Dr Adam James Williams, Associate Professor of Medicine, Allergy, and Immunology Division; Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, and Dr Nikita Lavanya Manni, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine |
| 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Welcome and introduction to the CHI from the FCE co-directors, Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth, Professor, Roy and Elaine Patterson Professor of Medicine, Chief, Allergy and Immunology Division, Department of Medicine and Dr. Edward Benjamin Thorp, Frederick Robert Zeit Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. | Presentation 1: Dr Joshua Schanfield Stoolman, Research Associate Pulmonary Division; Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of MedicineTitle: Mitochondrial control of macrophage inflammatory and regenerative responses |
| 10:55 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Q/A session |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. | Presentation 2: Dr William Muller, Janardan K. Reddy Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology Feinberg School of MedicineTitle: Inflammation is a Double-Edged Sword. Anti-inflammatory Therapy Doesn’t Have to Be |
| 11:25 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Q/A session |
| 11:30 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. | Presentation 3: Dr Louisa Morales Nebreda, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Division; Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of MedicineTitle: A distinctive evolution of alveolar T cell responses is associated with clinical outcomes in unvaccinated patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia |
| 11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Q/A session |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:25 p.m. | Presentation 4: Dr Jaehyuk Choi, Jack W. Graffin Professor, Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine Title: Evolution of T Cell Fitness in the Tumor Microenvironment |
| 12:25 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Q/A session |
| 12:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
Online registration is required to attend. Registration is NOW OPEN!
Registration is open to FOCIS members, FCEs, Member Societies members, the general FOCIS community, industry partners, and nonmember clinical and translational immunologists.
| Type | Rate |
| Member | $0 |
| Non-member* | $50 |
*Non-member registration includes access to the live presentation only.
CACIK – The University of Nairobi & University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Elena Hsieh
Elena Hsieh earned her MD degree from University of California San Francisco (UCSF) in 2008. She is an Associate Professor of the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, and Pediatrics, Section of Allergy and Immunology faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is the Director of the Jeffrey Modell Center for Primary Immunodeficiency and co-directs the Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Newborn Screen Program. She is also the director of the University of Colorado as a FOCIS Center of Excellence. The Hsieh Lab focuses on classical pediatric autoimmune disorders such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, and type 1 diabetes, as well as genetic immune dysregulation disorders. her lab has identified several novel human inborn errors of immunity that lead to severe multi-organ autoimmunity/autoinflammation and infectious susceptibility. It has also developed mouse models from homologous human mutations. Dr. Hsieh expanded her studies of immune dysregulation to Down Syndrome and COVID-19 disease given the type I interferon hypersensitivity observed in these disorders.
Anne Kasyoka Barasa
Anne Kasyoka Barasa is a Consultant Pathologist and Lecturer at the University of Nairobi Faculty of Health Sciences, where she serves as the Head of the Unit of Immunology within the Department of Human Pathology. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) degree in 2006, followed by a Master of Medicine (Pathology) in 2012, both from the University of Nairobi. She has a keen interest in Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEIs) and has attended several training workshops to advance her knowledge in the field, including a Diagnostic School by the Clinical Immunology Society in 2019, and an Advanced School by the International Alliance for Primary Immunodeficiency Societies (IAPIDS) in 2020. Her academic roles involve training both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students in Basic Immunology, Immunopathology, and Clinical Immunology. Additionally, she provided Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology Consultancy Services at the Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital. She has been actively involved in raising awareness about IEIs in Kenya, having organized and participated in several workshops and symposia (A-projects) to this end. She is the President of the African Society for Immunodeficiencies (ASID).
| Time(MDT) | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Presentation 1: Vijaya Knight, MD, PhD, CUAMC, CHCO, Immunology Title: Immune Diagnostics Based on Flow Cytometry – Phenotype and Functional Assays |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Presentation 2: Jordan Abbott, MD, CUAMC, CHCO, Immunology Title: Immune Diagnostics Based on Genetics – Panels VS. WES, Types of Results |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Presentation 3: Elena Hsieh, MD, CUAMC, CHCO, Immunology Title: T cell development/differentiation – SCID (Including Congenital Athymia) |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Presentation 4: Cullen Dutmer, CUAMC, CHCO, Immunology Title: B cell Development/Differentiation – Antibody Deficiencies – Focus on CVID |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Presentation 5: Angela Migowa, MD, Aga Khan University Hospital, Rheumatology Title: Autoinflammatory Disorders – Inflammasome and Beyond |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Presentation 6: Doreen Karimi, MD, Gertrude Children’s Hospital, Hematology Title: Phagocyte Defects, Including Neutropenias |
Online registration is required to attend. Registration is NOW OPEN!
Registration is open to FOCIS members, FCEs, Member Societies members, the general FOCIS community, industry partners, and nonmember clinical and translational immunologists.
| Type | Rate |
| Member | $0 |
| Non-member* | $50 |
*Non-member registration includes access to the live presentation only.
