Translational Inflammation

Jeffrey K. Actor, PhD, is a professor and Medical Immunology Course Director in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Center at Houston. Dr. Actor received his PhD degree from the University of Massachusetts. His research interests include examination of host immune responses during pathogenic disease, understanding proinflammatory and regulatory cytokines during mycobacterial infections, vaccine development, and molecular mechanisms of adjuvant-induced immunomodulation.Professor Actor has established himself as a productive educator-scientist with a strong background in immunology and molecular biology with a broad range of expertise in pathobiology. He has shown his commitment to education and excellence, at both the Medical School and Graduate School levels. Dr. Keri Csencsits-Smith, PhD is an assistant professor at the McGovern Medical school at the Univ, of Texas Houston Health Science Center. She has an extensive research background in translational immunology studies, including work transplantation, blood disorders, and neurodegeneration, and has co-authored 22 peer-reviewed publications and two invited reviews. For the past 10 years she has been involved in the teaching and development of basic histology and pathobiology, and immunology courses for medical, dental, and graduate students.

• 1. Translational Inflammation2. The Hypoxic Adenosine Response and Inflammation in Lung Disease3. Inflammation and regulation by cell adhesion antagonists4. Anti-inflammatory Herbal Supplements 5. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) as an Insult-induced Immune Dissonance: Potential Control via Lactoferrin6. Chronic Inflammation in HIV Pathogenesis: Effects on Immune Cells, Organ Systems and Systemic Consequences7. Modulation of Inflammation to Control Tuberculosis Disease8. Innate Immunity and Pulmonary Inflammation: A Balance Between Protection and Disease9. Biologic agents to control autoimmune inflammation10. Innate and Adaptive Immune Response in Preeclampsia11. Control of Transplantation Inflammation12. Acute Inflammation after Traumatic Brain Injury13. The Role of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Disorders