The medical school will welcome Ann Marshak-Rothstein, PhD, in April as the latest speaker for Seminars in Investigative Medicine.
Dr. Marshak-Rothstein will present “Nucleic Acid Sensors at the Interface of Autoimmunity and Autoinflammation” from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, in TBL 2 at the W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus in downtown Kalamazoo.
A free lunch will be available from 11:45 a.m. to noon and Dr. Marshak-Rothstein’s presentation will begin promptly at noon. The event is free and open to the public and CE and MEDU credit is available.
If you’re interested in attending the event, please register here: https://bit.ly/2EX0iCb
Dr. Marshak-Rothstein is a professor in the Rheumatology Division of the Department of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was awarded her PhD degree by the University of Pennsylvania for work with Dr. Darcy Wilson, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Dr. Malcolm Gefter. She joined the faculty at the Boston University School of Medicine where she rose to the position of professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and she directed the Immunology Training Program for many years, before moving to the University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Marshak-Rothstein was recognized early on for her landmark studies of antibody idiotypy and Fas-mediated programmed cell death. She has had a long-standing interest in factors regulating the activation of autoreactive T and B cells. Her lab was the first to demonstrate that members of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family can detect mammalian nucleic acid ligands. This was a paradigm-shifting discovery as it clearly showed that TLRs could detect dead or damaged cells as well as bacterial and viral ligands and contribute to lymphocyte activation. Dr. Marshak-Rothstein has published over 160 papers and she is a member of the American College of Rheumatology, serves on the NIH study section, and recently served as an editorial board member for Advances in Immunology. She has received numerous awards for her work in autoimmunity and immunology, including the Distinguished Innovator Award from the Lupus Research Institute and the prestigious Lupus Insight Award from the Lupus Research Alliance.
Dr. Marshak-Rothstein is part of an impressive slate of speakers for Seminars in Investigative Medicine for the 2018-2019 academic year.
In March, Lisa Borghesi, PhD, visited WMed for Seminars in Investigative Medicine and presented “B Lymphocyte Development: Mouse, Man and Computational Modeling.” In May, the medical school will welcome Michael McHeyzer-Williams, PhD, professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at Scripps Research's California Campus.
In support of improving patient care, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Number of credits subject to change.