CIMIT Summer Education Series 2009: Frontiers of Inhalation Technologies in Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Medicine

CIMIT will host a Summer Education Series in July. “Frontiers of Inhalation Technologies in Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Medicine” is sponsored by the CIMIT Inhalation Technology Program and explores innovations within this emerging field. The four-week program begins Tuesday, July 7, from 4 to 6 PM at the MIT McGovern Center, and continues each Tuesday at 4 PM.

The CIMIT Forum Summer Education Series offers attendees the opportunity to build a greater understanding of how Inhalation Technology can help reduce human suffering and eventually health care costs. Respiratory diseases, from infections to obstructive lung disease to cancer, are major public health problems.  Acute respiratory infections are the third largest cause of death worldwide. The CIMIT Inhalation Technology Program aims to develop technologies that can be used in the diagnosis and treatment of both acute and chronic respiratory and non-respiratory ailment. The respiratory tract can be used not only for local delivery but also as a conduit to deliver therapeutic agents systemically for the treatment of non-respiratory diseases and as a “window” for monitoring biomarkers of disease states.

The Series includes leaders in the field, research presentations and panel discussions. Audience interaction, cross-disciplinary fertilization, and graduate students / post-doctoral fellows attendance are strongly encouraged. All programs are free and from 4 to 6 PM at the MIT McGovern Center.

July 7, 2009:

Inhalation Technology Overview: Advances, Setbacks
Joseph Brain, SD: Harvard

Engineering Devices and Inhalers for Particle Delivery
Anthony J. Hickey, PhD, DSc: University of North Carolina

July 14, 2009:

Inhalation Technology for Obstructive Lung Disease
Gabriela Apiou, PhD: AirLiquide

Current clinical needs: Opportunities and challenges
Gerald Smaldone, MD, PhD: SUNY Stony Brook

July 21, 2009:

Xenon Anesthesia
Phillipe Richebe, MD, PhD: University of Washington

Clinical Challenges of Xenon Anesthesia: Pros and Cons
Thomas Marx, MD: Air Liquide

July 28, 2009

Tissue Engineering
Elazer Edelman, MD, PhD: MIT

Additional information is available at:
http://www.cimit.org/forum-educationseries.html