The Frenemy Within: How the immune system can help us and hurt us, and its radical personalized future
Science Writers' Boot Camp
Monday, May 1, 2017
The National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
Reception to follow
Presentations
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Welcome and Introduction
Stephen Desiderio, M.D., Ph.D.
Immune System Basics
From Friend to Foe: What Happens When Your Immune System Goes Bad?
Stephen Desiderio, M.D., Ph.D.
Sore Joints and Bad Breath: What Is Going on?
Felipe Andrade, M.D., Ph.D.
Engineering the Immune System to Fight Cancer
Jonathan Schneck, M.D., Ph.D.
Gut and Immune System
Getting By with a Little Help from Our Friends? The Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease
Susan Tuddenham, M.D., M.P.H.
From Science Fiction to Reality: Building Baby Intestines
David Hackam, M.D., Ph.D.
Can We Finally Eat That Peanut?
Corinne Keet, M.D., Ph.D.
Panels
More Heat, More Allergies, More Bugs: The Impacts of Climate Change in Human Health
- John Aucott, M.D.
- Douglas Norris. Ph.D.
- Murray Ramanathan, M.D.
- Marsha Wills-Karp, Ph.D.
- Moderator: Brady Dennis, The Washington Post
- Video
Science Denial, Vaccine Research and Science Policy
- Ruth Karron, M.D.
- Lois Privor-Dumm, M.B.A.
- Dan Salmon, Ph.D
- Moderator: Arthur Allen, Politico
Immunotherapy: Sorting the Hype from the Hope
- Julie Brahmer, M.D.
- Dung Le, M.D.
- Jonathan Powell, M.D., Ph.D.
- Moderator: Lindsey Pujanandez, Science Translational Medicine
- Video
21st Century Cures: From Bench to Market and Who Is Paying for it?
- Scott Carmer
- Drew Pardoll, M.D., Ph.D.
- Elad Sharon, M.d., Ph.D.
- Moderator: Jocelyn Kaiser, Science Magazine
- Video