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Symposium I - - Thursday, May 7, 1998 - morning

Pathophysiology of atherosclerosis

Chair: Jean Davignon
Co-Chair: Avrum I. Gotlieb

Sponsor: NOVARTIS

08:50 - 09:00h

Opening Remarks, Welcome to Delegates

09:00 - 09:30h

Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis:  an overview

Valentin Fuster

Cardiovascular Biology Research Laboratory, Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

09:30 - 10:00h

The role of infection in the etiology of atherosclerosis

David P. Hajjar

Dean, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University, New York, New York, USA

10:00 - 10:30h

Inflammatory aspects of atherosclerosis
and lesion complication

Peter Libby

Director, Vascular Medicine and Atherosclerosis Unit, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

10:30 - 10:45h

Refreshments in the Poster Display Area, Campus Lobby, Medical Sciences Building
(just across from the entrance of the J.J.R. MacLeod Auditorium)

10:45 - 11:15h

Targeting atherosclerosis with drug-modulated
gene therapy and other approaches

H. Bryan Brewer, Jr

Chief, Molecular Disease Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

11:15 - 11:45h

Transgenic models for atherosclerosis research:
What have we learned that is relevant to humans?

Jan L. Breslow

Director, Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics & Metabolism, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA

11:45 - 12:15h

Roundtable Discussion

12:15 - 14:15h

Buffet/sit-down lunch in the Great Hall and inner courtyard/patio of Hart House (east wing)
(a five-minute walk to the north of the J.J.R. MacLeod Auditorium, see campus map in programme)

13:15 - 14:15h

Presenting authors to attend their posters in the Poster Display Area, Campus Lobby, Medical Sciences Building
(just across from the entrance of the J.J.R. MacLeod Auditorium)

The afternoon symposium will begin at 14:15h.

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