Course: PATHOLOGY 521 – Introduction to the Pathogenesis of Human Disease
Dates: June to July 2024
Days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Location: St. Paul’s Hospital – James Hogg Conference Room, 1st Floor Burrard Building
2024 Schedule
| Month | Day | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| June | 4 | Dr. Honglin Luo | Protein Degradation Pathway and Human Disease |
| 5 | Dr. Lu Wang | Striated muscle in health and disease | |
| 6 | Dr. Ying Wang | Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: new theories from recent studies | |
| 11 | Dr. Tillie Hackett | Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions in Lung Disease | |
| 12 | Dr. Tillie Hackett | Airway remodeling in Asthma and COPD | |
| 13 | Dr. Pascal Bernatchez | Endothelial dysfunction | |
| 18 | Dr. Lu Wang | Smooth muscle in health and disease | |
| 19 | Dr. Denise Daley | Gene-Environment Interactions | |
| 20 | Dr. Yasir Mohamud | Understanding mechanisms of viral pathogenesis in human disease | |
| 25 | Dr. Andrew Sandford | Genetics of cystic fibrosis | |
| 26 | Dr. Guangze Zhao | Small RNAs in Regulation of Gene Expression and Diseases | |
| 27 | Mid Term | ||
| July | 2 | Dr. Andrew Sandford | Disease Genetics of COPD |
| 3 | Dr. Janice Leung | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | |
| 4 | Amirhossein Bahreyni | The role of immune system in pathogenesis and treatment of cancer | |
| 9 | Dr. Stephanie Sellers | Valvular Heart Disease: Mechanisms of Disease and Treatment Approaches | |
| 10 | Dr. Janice Leung | The Microbiome and Disease | |
| 11 | Dr. Gordon Francis | Lipoprotein Metabolism and Atherosclerosis | |
| 16 | Dr. Gordon Francis | Smooth Muscle Cell Foam Cells in Atherosclerosis | |
| 17 | Dr. Bradley Quon | Precision Medicine in Cystic Fibrosis | |
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| 23 | Dr. Rachel Eddy | Imaging of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary | |
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| 30 | Intentionally left blank | ||
| 31 | Final Exam |