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The program supplements the advanced training Fellows-in-Training receive at their training programs across the U.S. and Canada. Goals of the FIT Program are: To offer an intellectually stimulating opportunity to FITs/PhDs who attend the 2008 Annual Meeting. To offer FITs/PhDs the opportunity to meet with their colleagues and learn from their experiences. To offer FITs/PhDs the opportunity to keep abreast of the current research in the field. The program includes a breakfast session, a morning symposium and a lunch symposium. Pre-registration and ticket are required, however, there is no fee for this event. Priority registration will be given to FIT members from the U.S. and Canada. International FITs will be allowed on a space-available basis. Domestic Fellows-in-Training (FIT) travel scholarship The Domestic FIT Travel Scholarships provide U.S. and Canadian allergy/immunology FITs and non-faculty PhDs with an opportunity to share in the intellectual benefits of the 2008 Annual Meeting by providing funding. Only domestic AAAAI In-Training members qualify for a travel scholarship. Scholarship recipients who are the first author of an abstract that is accepted for presentation will be awarded a maximum of $1,100. First-year FITs without an accepted abstract will receive up to $800, or up to $650 if the recipient is a second or third-year FIT without an accepted abstract. Eligibility Applicants must be an AAAAI In-Training member or an AAAAI PhD Post Doc member or have submitted a completed application for In-Training or PhD Post Doc membership before November 16, 2007. Applicants must be first, second or third year Fellows-in-Training in an allergy/immunology training program approved by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, or a clinical immunology and allergy training program approved by The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada -OR- non-faculty PhDs associated with the aforementioned training programs. Individuals with a faculty appointment will not be considered. Applications are available at www.annualmeeting.aaaai.org. For additional information, please contact Katie Muellenbach, Program Manager, at the AAAAI executive office at (414) 272-6071 or kmuellenbach@aaaai.org. Accepted applicants will be notified no later than January 14, 2008. Promoting your practice and the specialty Media Training Session to be held at 2008 Annual Meeting This year, a special two-hour media training session will be held for attendees interested in promoting their practices and the specialty. Haig/Jackson Communications, Inc., experts in media relations, will offer tips and tactics as well as hands-on video training. This interactive session will take place on Friday, March 14, 2008 from 12:15 to 2:15 pm. It is open to all delegates free of charge; however advance registration is necessary. For more information, or to register contact Natalie Lemke at nlemke@aaaai.org or (414) 272-6071. FIT Day Schedule FIT Breakfast Symposium – 6:45 am to 12:10 pm Co-moderators: Mark H. Moss, MD and Mitchell H. Grayson, MD, FAAAAI 6:45-8:15 am “From FITs to Faculty: Meet your future” Breakfast – Networking with prominent A/I professors and researchers 8:15-8:20 am Introductory Remarks - Amy Dowden, MD, FIT Committee Chair Part 1: Innate Immunity – What the clinician needs to know 8:20-9:00 am Overview of Innate Immunity - Arthur M. Krieg, MD 9:00-9:40 am TLR: from the bench to the bedside - Jordan Orange, MD, PhD, FAAAAI 9:40-10:20 am Neutrophil disorders including – CGD and other phagocytic deficiencies - Gulbu Uzel, MD 10:20-10:40 am BREAK 10:40-10:50 am Welcome from the AAAAI President - Thomas B. Casale, MD, FAAAAI Part 2: Genetics of Atopic Disease 10:50-11:20 am Genetics of Asthma - Kathleen C. Barnes, PhD, FAAAAI 11:20-11:50 am Pharmacogenetics of Asthma: Impact on LABA and LTRA - Elliott Israel, MD, FAAAAI 11:50am-12:20 pm Genetics of Cutaneous Disease - To be announced FIT Lunch Symposium – 12:20-1:45pm Moderator: Amy Dowden, MD 12:20-12:50 pm Lunch and Networking 12:50-1:00 pm Introduction to NAIA - Melinda Rathkopf, MD 1:00-1:45 pm Q&A: Ask the experts: everything you’ve always wanted to know about job hunting but were afraid to ask Private Practice – Harvey L. Leo, MD and Melinda Rathkopf, MD Academia – Caroline C. Horner, MD and Jordan Orange, MD, PhD, FAAAAI 2:00-5:00 pm AAAAI Annual Meeting Sessions 6:30-8:30 pm Reception Call for late-breaking abstracts The AAAAI will begin accepting late-breaking abstracts on November 15 for possible presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting. Submission of late breaking abstracts will be reviewed under the following criteria: The abstract contains work that is original and has not been previously submitted to, presented at, or is under consideration for any other scientific meeting, including the regular abstract submission. The work is significant to clinical, translational or basic science, novel, uses appropriate study design, analytical methods and experimental methods, and is clearly and logically written. Abstracts selected for late breaking presentation will feature newsworthy and cutting-edge information which was not available at the time of the regular abstract submission. Authors will be required to explain why their abstract is considered important or late breaking. To be considered for presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting, late-breaking abstracts must be submitted via the Annual Meeting Web site, www.annualmeeting.aaaai.org, by December 3. A maximum of 12 abstracts will be selected for late-breaking presentation. Late Breaking abstracts are not intended to offer a second deadline for regular abstract submissions. For more information, contact Krista Perkins at the AAAAI executive office at (414) 272-6071 or e-mail kperkins@aaaai.org. AAAAI Annual Meeting dates and sites 2008 Philadelphia, PA March 14-18 2009 Washington, DC March 13-17 2010 New Orleans, LA February 26-March 2 2011 San Francisco, CA March 18-22 Annual Meeting dates to remember October 17, 2007 • Registration and housing opens for AAAAI Fellows October 31, 2007 • Registration and housing opens for AAAAI members November 14, 2007 • Registration and housing opens for all Annual Meeting delegates November 15, 2007 • Late-breaking abstract submission opens November 16, 2007 • Domestic FIT Travel Scholarship applications due • Chrysalis Project applications due • FIT Mentor applications due • Odyssey Program applications due December 3, 2007 • Late-breaking abstract submission closes February 13, 2008 • Advanced registration and hotel reservation deadline February 27, 2008 • Registration and hotel cancellation deadline <back>
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