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Welcome

Dear Colleague:

We are pleased to invite you to our Workshop on Vasculopathy in Sickle Cell Disease, to be held August 27-28, 2008, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. This workshop will take place during the week of the 2008 Annual Sickle Cell Clinical Research Meetings.

This two day workshop will address: scientific evidence for hemolysis-associated impairment of nitric oxide bioavailability; epidemiologic linkage to pulmonary hypertension, priapism, and leg ulceration; linkage of oxidative, nitric oxide deficient state to hemostatic activation and vascular adhesion; similarities and differences of sickle vasculopathy compared to atherosclerosis; and new opportunities for translational therapies.

Session Topics Will Include the Following:

DISRUPTED NITRIC OXIDE METABOLISM AND OXIDATIVE STRESS

VASCULAR DYSFUNCTION AND CELL ADHESION

HEMOSTATIC ACTIVATION AND GENOMICS OF VASCULOPATHY

OTHER VASCULOPATHIES AND
GENOMICS OF VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS

TRANSLATIONAL THERAPEUTICS

ATHEROSCLEROSIS: PARALLELS WITH SICKLE VASCULOPATHY?

 

We are grateful for the generous funding by several organizations, which has made this exciting program possible. They include the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Vascular and Pulmonary Branch), the NIH Office of Rare Diseases, the NIH Clinical Center, and the Office of Minority Health.

This conference aims to provide a forum for investigators from diverse disciplines to exchange new findings and ideas regarding vasculopathy in Sickle Cell Disease. An additional goal of this workshop is that the scientific exchange of ideas will foster research collaborations and stimulate the potential for new translational research opportunities in this important field.

We hope you will join us in making these goals attainable and look forward to welcoming you to Bethesda in August.

With warm regards,

Gregory J. Kato, M.D.
Senior Staff Physician
Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center
Director, Sickle Cell Vascular Disease Unit
Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

National Institutes of Health
10 Center Drive, MSC 1476
Building 10-CRC, Room 5-5140
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1476