Title: Insights to Pulmonary Fibrosis from Monogenetic Risk Factors

This event is hosted as part of the seminar series featuring leaders in precision medicine from across the nation. Co-presented by the Center for Precision Medicine and Genomics, the Columbia Precision Medicine Initiative, and the Precision Medicine Resource of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.  This event is supported in part by a gift from Pfizer to Columbia.

Speaker: Christine Kim Garcia, MD, PhD
Director of the Columbia Precision Medicine Initiative; Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine

Description: Both rare and common variants comprise the genetic underpinnings of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), a lethal disorder affecting older adults. In this presentation, I will focus on the discovery of IPF rare variants and how our understanding of these risk factors has led to changes in the way pulmonary fibrosis is clinically classified and treated.

Location: Zoom and in-person. Please register to receive the Zoom information for the event.