2008 Data Conference

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Join your colleagues at this annual gathering of Chicago's leading researchers who will share the latest Chicago- and Illinois-focused asthma data and innovative asthma interventions.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 ~ 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
University Center, 525 S. State Street, Chicago
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PROGRAM GOALS

• Recognize geographic variability in asthma prevalence in Chicago
  
  
• Describe considerations in delivering culturally appropriate asthma management education via community health workers
  
  
• Identify correlations between obesity and asthma and potentially contributing factors
  
  
• Inform participants of the efficacy of Omalizumab in children with asthma 
  
  
• Understand the associations between physician-diagnosed asthma and immigration-related variables and how patterns change with migration
  

 AGENDA

Asthma and Immigration in Mexican American School Children in Chicago
Kamal Eldeirawi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems Science,
College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago

Airway Inflammation: Is it Altered in Obese Asthmatics?
John McConville, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago

Geographic Variability in Asthma Prevalence in Chicago
Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University

Networking Break

Culturally Appropriate Delivery of Asthma Management Education via Community Health Workers:  Findings From a Chicago-Based Intervention
Melissa Gutierrez, MS, Epidemiologist, Sinai Urban Health Institute

Reflections on Asthma Treatment with Omalizumab
Mary C. Tobin, MD, Allergy-Immunologist, Director of Clinical Services,
Rush University Medical Center

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CME's/CEU's

Doctors
The American College of Chest Physicians designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM  ACCP Accreditation Statement