IMMUNOLOGY CROSSROADS CONFERENCE
1 May 2021
8.30 am
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3.05 pm
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4.30 pm
REGISTRATION AND SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OPENING - Michael DiRienzo, Chief Executive, HNELHD
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Conjoint Associate Professor Stephen Oakley, Rheumatologist, John Hunter Hospital
RHEUMATOLOGY
Chair - Conjoint Associate Professor Stephen Oakley
UPDATE ON TREATMENTS IN RHEUMATOLOGY
Conjoint Associate Professor Stephen Oakley, Rheumatologist, John Hunter Hospital
THE BENEFITS OF INCREASING THE JAKPOT
Professor Philip Conaghan, Director, LIRMM; Deputy Director of the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre; Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist for LTHT; NIHR Senior Investigator Emeritus, UK
Q&A
NEUROIMMUNOLOGY
Chair – Conjoint Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott
HOW DOES THE GUT MICROBIOME INFLUENCE AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Professor Emmanuelle Waubant, Neurologist, University of California, San Francisco
HOW DOES DIET AFFECT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Professor Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Epidemiologist and Public Health Physician, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria
IS FEAR OF LONG TERM IMMUNE SUPPRESSION JUSTIFIED?
Marijean Buhse, PhD, NP-C, MSCN, FAAN, Clinical Professor, Stony Brook University, Nurse Practitioner, South Shore Neurologic, New York
Q&A
MORNING TEA AND SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
DERMATOLOGY
Chair – Dr Paul Chee
HOW DOES IMMUNE SUPPRESSION AFFECT THE SKIN IN AN AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT?
Dr Alicia Thornton, Consultant Dermatologist, John Hunter Hospital
UPDATE ON IMMUNOLOGICAL THERAPIES IN DERMATOLOGY
Dr Diana Rubel, Dermatologist, Woden Dermatology, Canberra
Q&A
SKATING ON THIN ICE; INFECTIONS WHILST IMMUNOSUPPRESSED
Chair – Professor Joshua Davis
INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS OF BIOLOGICAL AND SMALL MOLECULE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS
Professor Joshua Davis, Senior Staff Specialist, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, John Hunter Hospital
CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION UNDER IMMUNE SUPPRESSION
Associate Professor Anneke van der Walt, Head, MS and Neuro-ophthalmology,
Monash University, Melbourne
Q&A
LUNCH AND SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
HOW DOES THE ENVIRONMENT AFFECT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Dr Kathryn Patchett, Senior Staff Specialist Immunology, John Hunter Hospital
AIRPOLLUTION AND AUTOIMMUNITY
Conjoint Professor Peter Wark, Senior Staff Specialist, Respiratory & Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital
Q&A
ONCOLOGY
Chair – Dr Craig Gedye
VIRAL CONTRIBUTION TO ONCOGENESIS
Professor Darren Shafren, University of Newcastle
Q&A
AFTERNOON TEA AND SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GASTROIMMUNOLOGY
Chair – Dr Stephen Philcox
HOW DOES DIET AFFECT INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Dr Michael Potter, Gastroenterologist Advanced Trainee, John Hunter Hospital
EVIDENCE FOR POOPLANTATION
Dr Emily Hoedt, Postdoctoral Researcher, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Digestive Health, University of Newcastle
EXTRA INTESTINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF IBD
Professor Simon Keely, Professor of Immunology NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Digestive Health, University of Newcastle
Q&A
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