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HSPH-NIEHS Colloquium Series: Laura Crotty Alexander, MD
November 9, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Join us for our 2022-2023 colloquium series on Environmental Health in Action. This month, we welcome Laura Crotty Alexander, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California at San Diego.
The title of this presentation is: Evolving understanding of the impact of e-cigarette use on airway and systemic inflammation
Dr. Crotty Alexander completed her undergraduate and medical education at Duke University prior to completing her Internal Medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. She completed her Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship training at Harvard, followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Disease at UC San Diego. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSD and Section Chief of Pulmonary Critical Care at the VA San Diego. Her research focuses on the health effects of e-cigarettes, as well as molecular pathways in asthma and lung inflammation in general.
Students and Postdocs: We will host a Trainee Lunch with Dr. Crotty Alexander from 12:00 – 12:45pm ET. This is a chance for students and postdocs to meet privately with our speaker to discuss research interests, career advice, funding opportunities, etc. Space is limited. RSVP required for the Trainee Session (not required for the main presentation). Location will be emailed to registrants 1 day before the event.