Utah’s Dr. Kurt Albertine to discuss bronchopulmonary dysplasia at Ed and Pam Carlson Lecture on May 13

The annual Ed and Pam Carlson Lecture, featuring Dr. Kurt Albertine, professor in the University of Utah’s Department of Pediatrics, will be held in UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Room E101 on Tuesday, May 13, from noon to 1 p.m.

A longtime acquaintance of Dr. Ed Carlson, Dr. Albertine will give a lecture entitled “Treatment Innovations for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and its Long-Term Outcomes.”

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Albertine is Director of Basic and Translational Research at Utah and has adjunct appointments in several other departments, including internal medicine and neurobiology and anatomy. His research area is acute and chronic lung disease, with emphasis on neonatal chronic lung disease. The focus of his studies is identification of molecular mechanisms that disrupt lung development in the preterm neonate who requires prolonged mechanical ventilation. Current studies are testing hypotheses about the effect of preterm birth and prolonged mechanical ventilation on retinoid signaling pathways, vascular growth factor signaling pathways, cell turnover signaling pathways, and surfactant apoprotein signaling pathways. Albertine’s research program has been NIH-funded since 1980.

In addition to his lecture, Albertine will be available May 12, 13, and possibly the morning of May 14 to meet with anyone interested in his work and his role at the University of Utah.

To coordinate a meeting with Albertine, contact Melinda Banks (melinda.banks@UND.edu) or Dr. Bryon Grove (bryon.grove@UND.edu).