23 février 2012: Dr Victor Thannickal

Thursday, February 23th 2012, 12h30

Dr Victor Thannickal, M.D.
Ben Vaughn Branscomb Chair in Respiratory Disease
Director, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingam, USA

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"Novel Roles for Reactive Oxygen in Innate Immunity and Fibrosis"


Biography

Dr. Thannickal’s research and clinical interests relate to fibrotic lung diseases and acute lung injury/adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Studies in his research laboratory are focused on elucidation of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung repair and regeneration.