Free Public Lecture: Health Lungs, Healthy Lives: The Latest on Research and Care in Lung Health
The Providence Health Care Research Institute, the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and the Child and Family Research Institute invite you to unlock the secrets of lung health with our experts in asthma, childhood cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We will examine the environmental and genetic contributors to poor lung health, as well as the latest in research and care for these three chronic health conditions.
This event is part of UBC's Celebrate Research Week - www.research.ubc.ca/CRWModerated by Dr. Rhonda Low, host of "Your Health" daily on CTV News at Five.
Free lung testing will be available by staff from Pacific Lung Health Centre from 6-7 pm
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
(Doors open at 6:00 pm)
Location:
New Lecture Theatre
Providence Building Level 1
St. Paul’s Hospital
1081 Burrard St., Vancouver
How to register:
Registration is free, but space is limited. Send your name and the number of
people in your party to celebrateresearch@vch.ca or call 604-875-4372
SPEAKERS:
• Dr. Peter Paré
Professor, Department of Medicine and Pathology, UBC, and Principal
Investigator, James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
Research at Providence Health Care Research Institute
• Dr. Mark FitzGerald
Head, Respiratory Medicine Divisions at UBC and Vancouver General Hospital,
and Director of the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver
Coastal Health Research Institute
• Dr. David Speert
Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UBC and Head of the Division of
Infectious and Immunological Diseases. Head of the Centre for Infectious and
Inflammatory Diseases, Child and Family Research Institute