Connaught International Symposium 2016

Connaught International Symposium 2016

By GEMINI Connaught Global Challenge

Date and time

Mon, Nov 21, 2016 8:00 AM - Tue, Nov 22, 2016 4:00 AM EST

Location

Hart House Debates Room

7 Harthouse Circle Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H3 Canada

Description

GEMINI Connaught Program and Department of Immunology at University of Toronto present Connaught International Symposium 2016. The 2-day conference will expolore the critical issue of Gene and Environmental Interactions in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases.

For symposium poster and agenda please visit:

http://www.immunology.utoronto.ca/event/connaught-international-symposium-2016

Confirmed speakers:

Dr. Charles Elson, III (Keynote), University of Alabama School of Medicine

Dr. Ken Cadwell, Skirball Institute of Biomoletcular Medicine, NYU

Dr. Judy Cho, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Dr. Jeremiah Faith, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Dr. Andre Franke, IKMB, Kiel University

Dr. Howard Hu, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Dr. Kevan Jacobson, University of British Columbia

Dr. Gilaad Kaplan, University of Calgary

Dr. Frits Koning, Leiden University

Dr. Kathy McCoy, University of Calgary

Dr. Lisa Osborne, Univeristy of British Columbia

Dr. Mario Rescigno, European Institute of Oncology

Dr. Thad Stappenbeck, Washington University School of Medicine

Dr. Kathi Siminovitch, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto

Dr. Bruce Vallance, University of Brirish Columbia

Dr. Jens Walter, Univeristy of Alberta

Dr. Kathi Wilson, University of Toronto

Dr. Eytan Wine, University of Alberta

Registration is free and open to Investigators, PDFs and Trainees of the UofT Community.

Organized by

The GEMINI Connaught Program, led by Drs. Jennifer Gommermand and Ken Croitoru, is a research cluster funded by the Connaught Fund to explor the impact of global migration on health and disease.  Information on the GEMINI Study can be accessed at www.geministudy.ca.  

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