Kaplan Explores Cardiovascular Risks in Autoimmune Diseases
Should patients with autoimmune diseases worry about premature heart attacks and strokes? An NIH researcher will address this challenge and discuss potential therapeutic and diagnostic approaches.
Dr. Mariana Kaplan, chief of the Systemic Autoimmunity Branch and deputy scientific director at NIAMS, will present the Astute Clinician Lecture, part of the WALS, on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m., ET in Lipsett Amphitheater in Bldg. 10 and via videocast. Her lecture is titled, “Heart of the Matter: Unraveling Cardiovascular Disease in Autoimmune Disorders.”
Kaplan, who is also an active clinician and teacher, focuses her research on identifying mechanisms of immune dysregulation, organ damage and premature vascular disease in systemic autoimmunity. This lecture will address the scope of the problem, the putative pathogenic pathways leading to premature vascular disease in autoimmunity and discuss potential therapeutic targets and diagnostic methods.
The annual Astute Clinician Lecture was established in 1998 through a gift from the late Dr. Robert W. Miller and his wife, Haruko. It honors U.S. scientists who have observed unusual clinical occurrences and, by investigating them, have opened an important new avenue of research.
To watch this lecture by videocast, see: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=55009.