The next Distinguished Scientist Seminar at the University of South Alabama
College of Medicine will feature Dr. David Askew, professor of pathobiology and lab med at the University of Cincinnati.The lecture, titled "Protecting the Lung from Aspergillus Fumigatus Infection: New Concepts in Fungal Pathogenesis and Host Defense," will take place April 11, 2013, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium on USA’s main campus.
Aspergillus fumigatus is an environmental mold that propagates itself by the release into the air of high concentrations of spores, which are unavoidably inhaled. Patients who are immunosuppressed, such as cancer or transplant patients, are at increased risk for infection with these spores.
Dr. Askew earned his PhD from the University of British Columbia in 1986.
To learn more about Dr. Askew's research, click here or here.
